As E3 officially starts tomorrow, SteelSeries is teaming up with Tobii Technology and introducing an eye tracking technology designed and optimized for gamers, called the Sentry Eye Tracker.
Tino Soelberg, SteelSeries CTO explained,
When you think about the concept of eye tracking, you immediately think of innovation and next generation technology; apply that to gaming and you have something truly unique for gamers. At its core, the sentry employs eye-tracking functionality from our partner, Tobii, Who has been a pioneer in eye tracking across many industries. When you take that core functionality and apply the deep gaming expertise of SteelSeries, we think we are able to off a product that is innovative and incredible beneficial to gamers.
What is the reason to have something like the Sentry? It’s an entirely new way to train for competitive gaming, by allowing the player to analyze a wide range of statistics based on where and how long they’re eyes are focused or fixated on the screen. Something that Steelseries are naming Fixations Per Minute (FPM) track how often a user moves his or her eye gaze and attention around the screen.
Chief Gaming Office and former captain of Team Fnatic, Patrik ‘cArn’ Sättermon added,
We are constantly look for ways to improve, even if it improvement at granular level, that will sometimes be the difference between death and victory. Our players are incredibly motivated to not only use the Sentry Eye Tracker for their own gaming, but to be able to create standards that other players can measure their progress against.
Hopefully we will learn more about the Sentry Eye Tracker in the coming days here at E3. I am now interested on how this would improve my gameplay when playing the likes of League of Legends, StarCraft II, and World of Warcraft.
Stay tuned for more E3 news in the coming days.
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