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The patent landscape around eye/gaze tracking must be a minefield.

• modeless 12y ago
  I hope that my public disclosure of all these ideas will, at some point in the future, ruin a patent lawyer's day.
  • fit2rule 12y ago
    I know some people who have the patents on this stuff. You've only just scratched the surface...
    • modeless 12y ago
      You don't need to tell me that companies who've been doing eye tracking for years are ahead of my little homebrew project. I know that, obviously. But if I can prevent even one patent that claims "eye tracking like before, BUT IN A VR HEADSET NOW", I'll consider that a win.
      • fit2rule 12y ago
        You don't have a chance. Eye-tracking has been an integrated part of VR headsets for years, since the 80's, and is well and truly sealed up with patent protection. That there are no consumer-ready, plug and play products on the market today is actually a reflection of this fact, not a consequence of omission. The people with these patents are using them in industrial/medical/military/marketing applications - but the consumer version of this tech is well and truly on its way. Once the glasses-computing wheels start to turn for consumers, expect to see integrated eye-tracking become a stock standard.