GEMINI 2025 - 2025 IEEE VR

2nd Workshop on Gaze and Eye Movement in Interaction in XR (GEMINI)

Saturday 8 March 2025, 14:00 - 18:00, Room: Maupertuis

14:00 - 14:05

Opening

14:05 - 15:00

Keynote: "Everyday Eye Tracking Through Extended Reality: So Close Yet So Far?" by Teresa Hirzle

Abstract: In this talk, I will provide an overview of my research in extended reality (including virtual and augmented reality) and its applications to enhance our daily lives. Specifically, I will focus on projects that use eye tracking and eye-based human-computer interaction within extended reality. I will argue that by combining sensing and in-situ visualization, extended reality technologies (such as smart glasses) offer a unique opportunity to bring eye tracking research into everyday life. Specifically, I will discuss projects on gaze guidance and gaze behavior analysis in the context of mental health.

Bio: Teresa Hirzle is an Assistant Professor in the Human-Centred Computing Section at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen. Previously, she was a Postdoc in the same section. She received her PhD in computer science from Ulm University in 2022. Her core research interests are human-computer interaction and immersive technologies. She works with both quantitative and qualitative methods to understand, evaluate, and improve interactions with extended reality technologies. Additionally, she is interested in developing and studying methods for research synthesis in human-computer interaction.

15:00 - 16:00

Where Does Gaze Lead? Integrating Gaze and Motion for Enhanced 3D Pose Estimation (Taravat Anvari, Markus Lappe and Marc H. E. de Lussanet )
H2E: Hand, Head, Eye a Multimodal Cascade of Natural Inputs (Khushman Patel, Vrushank Padnis, Eric J Gonzalez, Hans Gellersen, Ken Pfeuffer and Mar Gonzalez-Franco)
Optimizing Velocity Thresholds for Fixation Detection in Virtual Reality Using the I-VT Algorithm (Jiayan Zhao, Ate Jepma, Jan Oliver Wallgrün and Alexander Klippel)
Gaze Insights in XR: Real-Time Eye-Tracking Analytics with Elasticsearch (Mohammad Jahed Murad Sunny, Jayasri Sai Nikitha Guthula, Atit Kharel, Hadi Rashid, Meherun Nesa Shraboni, Praveshika Bhandari, Jan P. Springer and Aryabrata Basu)

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:30

What You See is What You Get: Exploring Novel Hands-Free Methods of Virtual Body Control for Avatars (Rebecca Fribourg, Geoffrey Gorisse, Axel Goris and Jean-Marie Normand)
Advancing Eye Dominance Testing: Comparing Traditional Methods with an In-HMD Approach for AR/VR Applications (Franziska Prummer, Florian Weidner and Hans Gellersen)
Calibration Challenges and Data Quality in Eye Tracking for Inclusive XR Therapies (Matteo Dal Magro, Marta Goyena, Carlos Cortés, Marta Orduna, Ainhoa Fernández-Alcaide, Maria Nava-Ruiz, Jesús Gutiérrez, Pablo Pérez and Narciso García)
Multimodal Hands-Free VR For Wheelchair Users With Upper Limb Mobility Limitations: Leaning, Head-Gain, and Gaze Pointing (Adrian Leon, Ian Oakley and Augusto Esteves)

17:30 - 17:35