::scr Dressing up the computer

[Chris Devers]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Piers Cawley wrote:

> Not sure what the state of the gaze tracking art is though.

Not exactly the current topic, but dovetailing with it nicely:

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020228.html

Robert X. Cringely talking about getting optimal video compression by
incorporating eye tracking technology, such that the observed area is sent
essentially uncompressed while the peripheral (almost everything) is
allowed to degrade severely. He figures that if it can be pulled off, it
could lead to drastic jumps in comression (10x, 100x) and the average user
wouldn't even notice the lossiness. 

It's an interesting idea, but I'll wait to see a working prototype. 


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