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Visual Analysis of Eye Movements During Game Play

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ETRA '20 Short Papers: ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications

Article No.: 59, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/3379156.3391839

Published: 02 June 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Eye movements indicate visual attention and strategies during game play, regardless of whether in board, sports, or computer games. Additional factors such as individual vs. group play and active playing vs. observing game play further differentiate application scenarios for eye movement analysis. Visual analysis has proven to be an effective means to investigate and interpret such highly dynamic spatio-temporal data. In this paper, we contribute a classification strategy for different scenarios for the visual analysis of gaze data during game play. Based on an initial sample of related work, we derive multiple aspects comprising data sources, game mode, player number, player state, analysis mode, and analysis goal. We apply this classification strategy to describe typical analysis scenarios and research questions as they can be found in related work. We further discuss open challenges and research directions for new application scenarios of eye movements in game play.

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Burch MKurzhals K(2024)Teaching Eye Tracking: Challenges and PerspectivesProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/36556118:ETRA(1-17)Online publication date: 28-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3655611
Roose KVeinott E(2021)Understanding Game Roles and Strategy Using a Mixed Methods ApproachACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications10.1145/3448018.3458006(1-5)Online publication date: 25-May-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3448018.3458006

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ETRA '20 Short Papers: ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications

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DOI:10.1145/3379156

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University of Stuttgart, Germany
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University of Florida, USA
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University of Wuppertal, Germany
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University of Stuttgart, Germany

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Burch MKurzhals K(2024)Teaching Eye Tracking: Challenges and PerspectivesProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/36556118:ETRA(1-17)Online publication date: 28-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3655611
Roose KVeinott E(2021)Understanding Game Roles and Strategy Using a Mixed Methods ApproachACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications10.1145/3448018.3458006(1-5)Online publication date: 25-May-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3448018.3458006

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