Swedish company Tobii is specialized in building eye-controlled devices, like the MyTobii P10 I have pictured here, and has now teamed up with Microsoft in order to develop a revolutionary eye-controlled interface for modern computers. Tobii's new interface is targeted at people with various movement impairments and to those with speech limitations. This way, anybody can take control over a device, with simple eye movements.

“Computer manufacturers are working intensively to integrate new and intuitive interaction interfaces. Eye control is one such technology. Tobii’s eye controlled computers are already used by thousands of people with physical and speech impairments around the globe and will, in a near future, become a natural part of a regular PC environment. To reach this point, it is essential that we collaborate with major players,” said John Elvesjo, CTO and Founder of Tobii Technology.

Tobii's eye control interface is natural and intuitive and allows users to scroll through text, or see different information related to the digital content on their computers by simply gazing or focusing on the respective items/windows. Microsoft has, of course, chosen Computex as the place for an actual demonstration of this futuristic technology and visitors there will be able to see that this interface does not need any installation thanks to an intuitive setup and no other settings or calibration required.

“Windows 7 opens a world of opportunity for hardware manufacturers, software developers and service providers, and Computex gives us an opportunity to demonstrate what is possible,” said Murray Vince, General Manager, original equipment manufacturer division, Microsoft Corp. “Tobii’s eye tracking and eye control products provide a natural user interface and enable rich new computing scenarios; we are thrilled to be collaborating with them.”

So, if you thought that Windows 7's multitouch abilities were interesting, wait for their collaboration with Tobii to consolidate and then prepare yourselves to be amazed.
 

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