Now that means the camera has to be on for that to work.... that equals power drain and shorter battery life doesn't it..? Besides practacilty of tracking eye movement on a small screen is higly questionable . We will know on 10 days!
Now that means the camera has to be on for that to work.... that equals power drain and shorter battery life doesn't it..?
Besides practacilty of tracking eye movement on a small screen is higly questionable .
We will know on 10 days!
Faisal's version (below) requires a goggles with cheap sensors (cameras). Not sure how Samsung's version would turn out, but I'm guessing the tech is a bit too early for mass consumption (beta?) and the target audience for eye tracking/scrolling/etc extremely small. Most users won't constantly use the feature to use their S4, so I don't think battery life is going to be a show stopper.
I'm happy that Samsung is having this over hype rumors, that way when the Galaxy S IV is finally release the media will be disappointed because Samsung is not living up to the standard that they put Samsung on. After that Samsung can make a commercial that say "The next big thing is here, sort of".
I'm happy that Samsung is having this over hype rumors, that way when the Galaxy S IV is finally release the media will be disappointed because Samsung is not living up to the standard that they put Samsung on. After that Samsung cant make a commercial that say "The next big thing is here, sort of".
An always on camera with image processing software.
Something you can do when you have four cores and you don't care how quickly the battery runs out.
Obviously you first check if a human is looking at the screen.
Apple had a patent application a few years back for that purpose... the camera operates in low power mode, simply looking for an orange blob (it turns out that all humans are a shade of orange... not pink or brown). When it sees the blob, it kicks into higher power mode to check the face.
Samsung already had a feature to keep the power on if you were looking at the phone. Sounds like a derivation of that.
I doubt that the patents would be granted - Canon had similar eye tracking in their A2E camera in 1992.
If Apple and other mobile companies can get patents for doing things on mobile devices that desktops and other immobile devices already do, then I don't see this as an obstacle.
Funny how google and samsung are going eyes, while Apple stays with fingers.
You mean, they're ADDING eyes to their input methods. Samsung also does whole hand gestures, like the swipe for a screenshot.
The smartphone of the future will be more like humans, capable of understanding both touch and voice of course, but also air gestures, facial expressions and emotional voice inflections.
The less a user has to direct their fingers to a certain point to make something happen, the better a helper that these personal devices can be.
I'm happy that Samsung is having this over hype rumors, that way when the Galaxy S IV is finally release the media will be disappointed because Samsung is not living up to the standard that they put Samsung on. After that Samsung can make a commercial that say "The next big thing is here, sort of".
Nope. That only happens with Apple. When it's Samsung, the media fawns over whatever they release - no matter how much it falls short of 'expectations.'
This technology is going to be STUPID. I cant really "jump" my eye balls. People will think I am signaling them. People will think I am a nut. Come on... SamScum.
Where does this talk of "jumping" come from? It's not in the article. There is no mention of conscious control of the scrolling.
Most of the negative comments here are pure FUD. You know nothing about the technology involved (neither do I, by the way) or even about the way eyes move. Let's just wait and see, shall we?
However... that said...
I have little doubt this feature, if real, will be awful, because it is being made by Samsung, which can't write decent software. One day it will be an awesome feature we see on all sorts of devices, but I don't think its time is now.
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1. Will this tracking tech really need 210 megapixels?
2. Can I opt-out? I don't like being tracked ¡
Perhaps you need to start at the last page
Besides practacilty of tracking eye movement on a small screen is higly questionable .
We will know on 10 days!
WSJ reports Samsung is ramping up the advertising so I'm sure this will be shoved down our throats for the next 6 months.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/03/04/samsung-is-already-hyping-their-new-galaxy-device/
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Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton
Chrome will probably have it before Firefox.
Hah, hah a good one Mr. Gant.
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An always on camera with image processing software.
Something you can do when you have four cores and you don't care how quickly the battery runs out.
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Originally Posted by Yojimbo007
Now that means the camera has to be on for that to work.... that equals power drain and shorter battery life doesn't it..?
Besides practacilty of tracking eye movement on a small screen is higly questionable .
We will know on 10 days!
Faisal's version (below) requires a goggles with cheap sensors (cameras). Not sure how Samsung's version would turn out, but I'm guessing the tech is a bit too early for mass consumption (beta?) and the target audience for eye tracking/scrolling/etc extremely small. Most users won't constantly use the feature to use their S4, so I don't think battery life is going to be a show stopper.
I'm happy that Samsung is having this over hype rumors, that way when the Galaxy S IV is finally release the media will be disappointed because Samsung is not living up to the standard that they put Samsung on. After that Samsung can make a commercial that say "The next big thing is here, sort of".
Originally Posted by TonyLee
I'm happy that Samsung is having this over hype rumors, that way when the Galaxy S IV is finally release the media will be disappointed because Samsung is not living up to the standard that they put Samsung on. After that Samsung cant make a commercial that say "The next big thing is here, sort of".
They deserve that punishment, at least.
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Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton
An always on camera with image processing software.
Something you can do when you have four cores and you don't care how quickly the battery runs out.
Obviously you first check if a human is looking at the screen.
Apple had a patent application a few years back for that purpose... the camera operates in low power mode, simply looking for an orange blob (it turns out that all humans are a shade of orange... not pink or brown). When it sees the blob, it kicks into higher power mode to check the face.
Samsung already had a feature to keep the power on if you were looking at the phone. Sounds like a derivation of that.
This is great news for people whoe love cooking (me).
No need to touch the screen to possibly flip pages or scroll down the page reading recipes.
Could possibly use left blink for (left click), right blink for (right click), double blink the left for (double click).
I hope they incorporate hover screen technology too.
No more hand smudges on the screen!
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Originally Posted by e1618978
I doubt that the patents would be granted - Canon had similar eye tracking in their A2E camera in 1992.
If Apple and other mobile companies can get patents for doing things on mobile devices that desktops and other immobile devices already do, then I don't see this as an obstacle.
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Originally Posted by allenbf
I'm surprised Google hasn't worked this into Google OS/Android already to be honest. A way to really track ad impressions.
No company that sells ads wants to know whether viewers are *really* paying attention. Because we aren't.
Funny how google and samsung are going eyes, while Apple stays with fingers.
With the lag in android OS, I guess the user of this handset will be blinking, squinting, crying (in frustration) and whatever.
What a wonderful concept.
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Originally Posted by hfts
Funny how google and samsung are going eyes, while Apple stays with fingers.
You mean, they're ADDING eyes to their input methods. Samsung also does whole hand gestures, like the swipe for a screenshot.
The smartphone of the future will be more like humans, capable of understanding both touch and voice of course, but also air gestures, facial expressions and emotional voice inflections.
The less a user has to direct their fingers to a certain point to make something happen, the better a helper that these personal devices can be.
Nope. That only happens with Apple. When it's Samsung, the media fawns over whatever they release - no matter how much it falls short of 'expectations.'
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Originally Posted by Chandra69
This technology is going to be STUPID. I cant really "jump" my eye balls. People will think I am signaling them. People will think I am a nut. Come on... SamScum.
Where does this talk of "jumping" come from? It's not in the article. There is no mention of conscious control of the scrolling.
Most of the negative comments here are pure FUD. You know nothing about the technology involved (neither do I, by the way) or even about the way eyes move. Let's just wait and see, shall we?
However... that said...
I have little doubt this feature, if real, will be awful, because it is being made by Samsung, which can't write decent software. One day it will be an awesome feature we see on all sorts of devices, but I don't think its time is now.