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Wang, Xi ; Holmqvist, Kenneth ; Alexa, Marc

The mean point of vergence is biased under projection

Wang, Xi, Holmqvist, Kenneth and Alexa, Marc (2019) The mean point of vergence is biased under projection. Journal of Eye Movement Research 12, p. 2.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 30 Jan 2020 09:40
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.41447


Abstract

The point of interest in three-dimensional space in eye tracking is often computed based on intersecting the lines of sight with geometry, or finding the point closest to the two lines of sight. We first start by theoretical analysis with synthetic simulations. We show that the mean point of vergence is generally biased for centrally symmetric errors and that the bias depends on the horizontal ...

The point of interest in three-dimensional space in eye tracking is often computed based on intersecting the lines of sight with geometry, or finding the point closest to the two lines of sight. We first start by theoretical analysis with synthetic simulations. We show that the mean point of vergence is generally biased for centrally symmetric errors and that the bias depends on the horizontal vs. vertical error distribution of the tracked eye positions. Our analysis continues with an evaluation on real experimental data. The error distributions seem to be different among individuals but they generally leads to the same bias towards the observer. And it tends to be larger with an increased viewing distance. We also provided a recipe to minimize the bias, which applies to general computations of eye ray intersection. These findings not only have implications for choosing the calibration method in eye tracking experiments and interpreting the observed eye movements data; but also suggest to us that we shall consider the mathematical models of calibration as part of the experiment.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleJournal of Eye Movement Research
Publisher:Universität Bern
Volume:12
Page Range:p. 2
Date2019
InstitutionsHuman Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie I (Allgemeine Psychologie I und Methodenlehre) - Prof. Dr. Mark W. Greenlee
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10.16910/jemr.12.4.2DOI
Keywordseye movement, eye tracking, fixations, gaze, vergence, bias, calibration
Dewey Decimal Classification100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgPartially
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-414471
Item ID41447

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