Eye Tapping: How to Beat Out an Accurate Rhythm using Eye Movements
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Summary, in English
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The aim of this study was to investigate how well subjects beat out a rhythm using eye movements and to establish the most accurate method of doing this. Eighteen subjects participated in an experiment were five different methods were evaluated and a fixation based method was found to be the most accurate. All subjects were able to synchronize their eye movements with a given beat but the accuracy was much lower than usually found in finger tapping stud- ies. Many parts of the body are used to make music but so far, with a few exceptions, the eyes have been silent. The re- search presented here provides guidelines for implementing eye controlled musical interfaces. Such interfaces would en- able performers and artists to use eye movement for musical expression and would open up new, exiting possibilities.
The aim of this study was to investigate how well subjects beat out a rhythm using eye movements and to establish the most accurate method of doing this. Eighteen subjects participated in an experiment were five different methods were evaluated and a fixation based method was found to be the most accurate. All subjects were able to synchronize their eye movements with a given beat but the accuracy was much lower than usually found in finger tapping stud- ies. Many parts of the body are used to make music but so far, with a few exceptions, the eyes have been silent. The re- search presented here provides guidelines for implementing eye controlled musical interfaces. Such interfaces would en- able performers and artists to use eye movement for musical expression and would open up new, exiting possibilities.
Department/s
Publishing year
2011
Language
English
Document type
Conference paper
Topic
- Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
- General Language Studies and Linguistics
- Computer Vision and Robotics (Autonomous Systems)
Conference name
New interfaces for musical expression 2011
Conference date
2011-05-30
Status
Published
Project
- Thinking in Time: Cognition, Communication and Learning
Research group
- Lund University Cognitive Science (LUCS)