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In this paper, we present a review of how the various aspects of any study using an eye tracker (such as the instrument, methodology, environment, participant, etc.) affect the quality of the recorded eye-tracking data and the obtained eye-movement and gaze measures. We take this review to represent the empirical foundation for reporting guidelines of any study involving an eye tracker. We compare this empirical foundation to five existing reporting guidelines and to a database of 207 published eye-tracking studies. We find that reporting guidelines vary substantially and do not match with actual reporting practices. We end by deriving a minimal, flexible reporting guideline based on empirical research (Section “An empirically based minimal reporting guideline”).
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Feasibility of Longitudinal Eye-Gaze Tracking in the Workplace
Eye movements provide a window into cognitive processes, but much of the research harnessing this data has been confined to the laboratory. We address whether eye gaze can be passively, reliably, and privately recorded in real-world environments across extended timeframes using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) sensors. We recorded eye gaze data from a COTS tracker embedded in participants (N=20) work environments at pseudorandom intervals across a two-week period. We found that valid samples were recorded approximately 30% of the time despite calibrating the eye tracker only once and without placing any other restrictions on participants. The number of valid samples decreased over days with the degree of decrease dependent on contextual variables (i.e., frequency of video conferencing) and individual difference attributes (e.g., sleep quality and multitasking ability). Participants reported that sensors did not change or impact their work. Our findings suggest the potential for the collection of eye-gaze in authentic environments.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1920510
- PAR ID:
- 10349941
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- ETRA
- ISSN:
- 2573-0142
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1 to 21
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- https://doi.org/10.1145/3530889
