Eye Tracking in Virtual Reality: a Broad Review of Applications and Challenges.

Isayas Berhe Adhanom, Paul MacNeilage, Eelke Folmer
Author Information
  1. Isayas Berhe Adhanom: University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, USA. ORCID
  2. Paul MacNeilage: University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
  3. Eelke Folmer: University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, USA.

Abstract

Eye tracking is becoming increasingly available in head-mounted virtual reality displays with various headsets with integrated eye trackers already commercially available. The applications of eye tracking in virtual reality are highly diversified and span multiple disciplines. As a result, the number of peer-reviewed publications that study eye tracking applications has surged in recent years. We performed a broad review to comprehensively search academic literature databases with the aim of assessing the extent of published research dealing with applications of eye tracking in virtual reality, and highlighting challenges, limitations and areas for future research.

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Grants

  1. P20 GM103650/NIGMS NIH HHS

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