The Tobii Pro Nano is a small (17 cm width) remote eye tracking
device. It is suitable for situations where screen width is
limited (e.g., eye tracking on a small screen or tablet).
However, its sampling frequency is lower than that of the Tobii
Pro X3-120.
This remote eye-tracker is intended to replace our age-old Tobii
1750. The device form factor is very similar to EyeX (a little
more than 30 cm width). Infrared lights are visible. The
eye-tracker usually requires a Windows computer with USB 3.0
port to operate, but could also be connected to the helpful
Tobii «External Processing Unit».
The 4C is a remote eye-tracker. The device usage is limited —by
the Tobii license agreement— to eye-gaze interaction, unless you
add the «Tobii Pro Upgrade Key». The 4C performances are very
good for the price. The width of the device is a little more
than 30 cm. Infrared lights are visible, and eye-tracker only
requires an USB 2.0 port to operate and have low CPU usage. We
use the 4C to prototype applications dedicated to eye-gaze
interaction or instead of the X3 when preparing experiments.
The Fovio/FX3 is a remote eye-tracker. The main interesting
feature of the system is the possibility of using up to three
eye trackers simultaneously to enlarge the studied surface
(with EyeWorks Software Multi-Display Module).
This mobile head-mounted eye-tracker is developped by Pupil
Labs. This customizable device is well suited for exploratory
research projects. Moreover, thanks to the plugin-based
open-source software suite provided by Pupil Labs (Pupil Capture
and Pupil Player), the device can be easily interfaced with
experimental research softwares. A computer (MacOS, Linux or
Windows) with an USB 2.0 port is necessary to operate the
device.
The ET1000 is a remote eye-tracker developped by The Eye Tribe
company. The width of the eye-tracker is about 20 cm. An
open-source Java SDK is available. The drivers are compatible
with both Windows and MacOS. Moreover, the device features a
standard 1/4" camera screw hole, so standard camera accessories
could be used as mounting brackets. Infrared lights are clearly
visible, and the eye-tracker requires an USB 3.0 port to
operate. At the end of 2016, The Eye Tribe company stopped
production of eye-trackers.
Tobii 1750 is a remote eye-tracker integrated with a 17" LCD
display in a robust metal case (the entire device weighs more
than 10kg). Infrared lights are not visible. The eye-tracker
requires a computer with USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 interfaces,
and a «TETServer» software to operate. The software is only
compatible with the discontinued Microsoft Windows XP and Vista
operating systems. So, to facilitate experimental setups, we
have dedicated a computer as processing unit for running only
the «TETServer» software. The product is discontinued by Tobii
but our device is still fully functional. Our «atypical» Tobii
1750 has a 33Hz (30ms period) sampling frequency, whereas other
devices and specifications state that it should be 50Hz (and we
do not know why!).