Combining gaze with manual interaction to extend physical reach

Abstract

Situated public displays and interactive surfaces are becoming ubiquitous in our daily lives. Issues arise with these devices when attempting to interact over a distance or with content that is physically out of reach. In this paper we outline three techniques that combine gaze with manual hand-controlled input to move objects. We demonstrate and discuss how these techniques could be applied to two scenarios involving, (1) a multi-touch surface and (2) a public display and a mobile device.