Tobii Tech is one of the leading companies working in the eye-tracking space. The company sells a standalone product called the Tobii EyeX Controller, and just over a week ago MSI launched a gaming laptop with Tobii’s sensors integrated into the screen bezel. Now that hardware is in people’s hands, software support is starting to emerge. Ubisoft is leading the charge, with eye-tracking features embedded into the latest Assassin’s Creed game (which we tried at CES this year), and now Tobii has revealed a list of features that Ubisoft included in The Division.
With a Tobii EyeX Controller, aiming, targeting and ducking for cover will be much simpler than playing with a controller. The Division supports "Aim at gaze," "Grenade at gaze," and "Cover at gaze," which do exactly what their names imply. Tobii said you simply look where you want to shoot or throw your grenade, or look at the object you want to cover behind.
Eye tracking will let you glance around the environment to tag targets quickly, and it enables a feature called "Collaborative Targeting" that lets you quickly communicate which enemy to target in a coordinated strike.
The Infinite Screen feature will pan the image over when your gaze reaches the edge of the screen. It will automatically let you see beyond the edge of the field of view, without turning the character on screen.
Tobii said The Division also uses eye tracking to manage to on-screen UI. The mini map and other HUD elements fade away when you aren’t looking at them, but as soon as you gaze where they are, they come back into view.
Tom Clancy’s The Division from Ubisoft will ship on March 8 with integrated Tobii EyeX Controller support. The company said that all you need is a copy of the game, a Tobii EyeX Controller, and the EyeX software installed to use the features listed above.
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