The Eye Tribe

They extend... was I the only one not to figure this out?

I didn’t know that either, lol. I currently have the tripod on a tiny cardboard box.

Man!! How could I not see that? I wonder how many people didn't notice that too.

I think this post should be fixed, seriously! Also, there should be pictures of the tripod legs extended on the product page.

Regards!

Ahh, might have forgotten to show that feature Will update the docs to illustrate it.

Btw, upcoming batch ships with a revised tripod that has rubber feets (sticks better). Plus a new USB3.0 cable that is thinner and lighter so it doesn't pull the tripod.

Martin wrote:Btw, upcoming batch ships with a revised tripod that has rubber feets (sticks better). Plus a new USB3.0 cable that is thinner and lighter so it doesn't pull the tripod.

Will the early adopters be supplied with the updated tripod and cable? For me keeping the hardware upright has been one of the difficult aspects, doesn't present a very professional appearance.

whitingx wrote:Will the early adopters be supplied with the updated tripod and cable?

I'll see what we can do.

Great thanks very much.

The tripod is a weak part of the system. I had to make a wooden stand for the eyetracker to keep its position stable:



At the same time Tobii's devices have a magnetic plate to mount the eytracker on the monitor. I thought before that it is more useful: 1. you can move your head without affecting the calibration. 2. the eytracker's position is tightly linked to the monitor, you'll never occationally change it.
But...
The problem is their latest EyeX tracker has a poor camera, and you need to position your head close to the eytracker, i.e. the monitor. It is comfortable when you have a small monitor ONLY, e.g 10" tablet. If you have a bigger monitor - you need to sit far enough from it, and the eyetracker on the monitor loses your eyes.

On the other hand you can place TheEyeTribe tracker as close to your eyes as it's needed, no matter how far the monitor is. If you wear glasses it's better to position the eytracker significantly lower and closer than the monitor. And it's only possible with TheEyeTribe design.

If you want to know, I admire TheEyeTribe. Because they had promised a $99 device when Tobii's price was startng at $1000.
However, until now the Tobii's software looked more mature for me.
But what they are shipping now - the EyeX device... is not that good any more. Annoying red lights (cost saving, no IR filter), low working distance (again, cost saving)...
And the new Tobii's SDK... is a madness. What I could write in 10 lines of code now requires hundreds of them.
So, all the best to TheEyeTribe team, and, in general, all the folks who make the life easier (including Tobii).

Nice stand!

The magnetic solution Tobii has is probably the best I've seen so far. I have a lot of eyetrackers, including Rex and EyeX. It would be nice if they could all conform to the same magnetic mounting bracket.