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Network is now widely and easily available. However, a user needs to specify a target to connect with by the name on the network, even when the target is in front of him/her. It is so troublesome, especially when there are lots of networked devices.
We propose gaze-link metaphor, with which a user can establish a virtual connection over network (Ethernet, IEEE802.11, Bluetooth, etc.) by looking at the target through a camera on his/her computer. The target is recognized by a visual code put on it. The virtual connection is held active while looking the target directly or looking a snapshot of the target. The user also can see the connection after the establishment. Gaze-link make establishing connection more 'intuitive' one.
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| Screen image of a terminal using Gaze-Link |
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Wireless keyboard with Gaze-Link (typed characters are 'shooted' at the target) |
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Presentation Tool with Gaze-Link (You can control multiple screes by one terminal) |
Yuji Ayatsuka, Nobuyuki Matsushita, Jun Rekimoto "New Real-World Oriented User Interafaces with ``Gaze-Link'' Metaphor" in Interaction 2000, Feb. 2000, IPSJ, pp.181-188 (in Japanese)
Yuji Ayatsuka, Nobuyuki Matsushita, Jun Rekimoto "Gaze-Link: A New Metaphor of Real-world Oriented User Interface" in IPSJ Journal, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp.1330-1337, June. 2001, IPSJ (in Japanese)
