![]() ![]() I find all the extra Windows features pretty useful, actually. You can also set your screen to dim when you've been away from it for an amount of time you find best suits your needs, but only if your monitor supports it (mine doesn't). ![]() In the menus, it says you can also use it to unlock your PC, but the Tobii Experience software didn't give me the option, and Windows told me I didn't have a camera that supports its facial recognition security features. You can set it up to lock your PC after a few seconds, or minutes, if you're not in front of it. In addition to those convenience features, the Tobii Eye Tracker software lets you set some security features, too. It's a cool feature, one I appreciate, since I have a lot of different windows open at any one time. Just hit the buttons and hold down the Alt key, look at the window you want to focus on, and release. Similar to the mouse warp function, the Tobii Eye Tracker 5 also lets you Alt+Tab with your eyeballs. Seriously, it hits the target probably 98% of the time, and when it does miss, it just barely misses at all. But when my contacts are in and the room is lit up, it's incredible. There's also a loss of accuracy when I'm wearing my glasses. That is to say, "well enough." When my office environment is dim, like on a gloomy, rainy day, accuracy takes a hit. That feature returns for the Eye Tracker 5, and it works about as well as it did on the older version. Basically, it allowed me to look at a point on the screen and push an assigned hotkey and bam–the mouse pointer appeared (almost) exactly where I was looking. In my review of the Tobii Eye Tracker 4C, I talked about how much I liked the "warp on mouse button" feature. Fortunately the magnetic strip makes it easy to pop the Eye Tracker off for meetings. It's not a big deal, but the first time I did a Google Hangouts meeting with the Eye Tracker turned on, I thought something was wrong with my camera. It's not visible to the naked eye, but some manner of filter inside my webcam picks up hotspots on my chest where the infrared is being reflected. One thing I've noticed using the Tobii Eye Tracker is its infrared reflection gets picked up by my Logitech webcam. ![]() I have far too many bundles of 6-foot USB cords in and around my PC as it is, so having an extension I can choose not to use, instead of tying up with a strap and adding to the bundle of wires already around my PC, is great. It's a nice addition to the box, because it gives the option of extending only when and if you need to extend. The Tobii Eye Tracker 5 includes an extra female-to-female USB extension, if your PC is on the floor, or otherwise too far from your monitor for the cord on the unit itself. You just stare at a few small, spinning dots on the screen until they burst, and once you've stared at enough, it's off to the races. Calibrating it might be the most fun you can have while calibrating an infrared instrument, although I'm not an engineer so I can't say that authoritatively. You just plug the Tobii Eye Tracker 5 into your PC via USB and it walks you through the set-up and calibration process. In fact, I almost feel like even if I didn't have the bothersome raised lettering on the front of my monitor, I'd prefer using the rugged velcro solution designed to adapt to curved monitors. Since the Dell logo on my monitor gets in the way, I just attached the curved-monitor adapter and it works great. Since the Tracker is held to the brace by the power of magnetism, it's easy to pop on or off. The Eye Tracker itself mounts magnetically to the plastic mount, and the whole thing is rock-solid. The Velcro pads are no joke: this is like the legit, real-deal stuff that you see in commercial or military applications, and as such, it holds on super tightly. The curved mount is in two parts: an adhesive velcro pad you stick on the bottom of the monitor, and a small plastic mount that mates to it. My monitor has raised lettering on the "Dell" logo right where the adhesive is supposed to be, which would have been a problem with the last version I tested out, but the Eye Tracker 5 includes a mount for curved monitors I slapped on the bottom of my display. A magnet on the Tracker itself keeps it in place, and lets you easily remove and replace it as you see fit. In the box is a small, metal strip with an adhesive backing you attach to the bottom of your display. Setting up the Tobii Eye Tracker 5 is a snap. Tobii Eye Tracker 5 Set-Up and Installation Here's what we thought of the latest entry into the Tobii Eye Tracker hardware family. ![]()
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