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Wired is not the only source, search google for "Fire Phone eye tracking". E.g. https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-fire-phone-features/ https://www.cnet.com/news/

Wired is not the only source, search google for "Fire Phone eye tracking". E.g. https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-fire-phone-features/ https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-fire-phone-features/ , C-Net is not good too? As for the Head Tracking SDK - sure, it's obviously is tracking the whole face position, it's easier than to track eyes so it's hard to imagine they would not have had it if they already had eye tracking.

modeless 10y ago
Haha, no, CNET is not a reliable source for fine technical distinctions. Look, I linked directly to the Fire Phone SDK which clearly does not have eye tracking in it. I don't know what other kind of evidence you would accept.
- pandaman 10y ago
  Are you being serious? What kind of evidence is the lack of SDK? There are tons of gadgets without any SDK whatsoever in the open, do you accept this as evidence of the lack of features on these gadgets? Do you think Xbox One does not have a GPU because there is no open SDK for that? Do you think Tesla Model S does not have driving assists because there is no SDK? Amazon itself and all reviews lauded "eye scroll" and stupid paralax shit on Fire Phone. They wrote articles how much effort they've spent on eye tracking and how it's going to change the world. It happened in our reality. If you missed it, forgot it or are being in denial - read the internet, it still has traces left. Please don't come at me saying the major tech sites are delusional and you are not.
  - modeless 10y ago
    "Eye scroll" was a Samsung feature... The scrolling feature of the Fire Phone was based on the gyro and head tracking, not eye movement. Eye tracking is not necessary to implement the Fire Phone's "Dynamic Perspective" feature. Wikipedia: "Eye tracking is the process of measuring either the point of gaze (where one is looking) or the motion of an eye relative to the head." You don't need to know either of these things to render correct perspective. You need to know the eye position, not pointing direction. The position is provided by head tracking, not eye tracking.

modeless 10y ago

Haha, no, CNET is not a reliable source for fine technical distinctions. Look, I linked directly to the Fire Phone SDK which clearly does not have eye tracking in it. I don't know what other kind of evidence you would accept.

pandaman 10y ago
Are you being serious? What kind of evidence is the lack of SDK? There are tons of gadgets without any SDK whatsoever in the open, do you accept this as evidence of the lack of features on these gadgets? Do you think Xbox One does not have a GPU because there is no open SDK for that? Do you think Tesla Model S does not have driving assists because there is no SDK? Amazon itself and all reviews lauded "eye scroll" and stupid paralax shit on Fire Phone. They wrote articles how much effort they've spent on eye tracking and how it's going to change the world. It happened in our reality. If you missed it, forgot it or are being in denial - read the internet, it still has traces left. Please don't come at me saying the major tech sites are delusional and you are not.
- modeless 10y ago
  "Eye scroll" was a Samsung feature... The scrolling feature of the Fire Phone was based on the gyro and head tracking, not eye movement. Eye tracking is not necessary to implement the Fire Phone's "Dynamic Perspective" feature. Wikipedia: "Eye tracking is the process of measuring either the point of gaze (where one is looking) or the motion of an eye relative to the head." You don't need to know either of these things to render correct perspective. You need to know the eye position, not pointing direction. The position is provided by head tracking, not eye tracking.