Moor XR Podcast - Episode 9 - Eye Tracking And More with Johan Hellqvist from Tobii

Anshel interviews Tobii's Head of XR Johan Hellqvist about the current state of eye tracking and some of the future challenges for the technology moving forward.
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:12 1. Welcome back to the podcast, could you please introduce yourself to the audience and how long you’ve been working in XR as well as your role at Tobii?
0:00:45 2. Eye tracking has suddenly become a popular topic of discussion within the XR industry could you explain why it’s playing an increasingly important role for XR headsets? How do you evaluate the quality of eye tracking so people can tell what’s good vs. bad eye tracking?
0:05:00 3. Could you possibly quickly summarize the benefits of eye tracking for people unfamiliar with the technology?
0:08:54 4. Could you explain what makes Tobii’s technology different from other eye-tracking solutions?
0:10:55 5. I know that eye tracking is essential to enable an immersive experience for end users, for example, eye movement and part of facial expressions of avatar. Can you tell us more about what’s the value of eye tracking in hardware devices?
0:12:44 6. Can you explain some of the image distortion benefits of Tobii’s Spotlight technology?
0:14:45 7. Are there any future challenges Tobii hopes to address with its technology?
0:15:10 8. Can you explain what the vergence-accommodation conflict is?
0:19:19 9. Are there any other thoughts you have about eye tracking that you think our audience should know?