New Publication: “Looking” into Attention Patterns in Extended Reality: An Eye Tracking–Based Study

October 1, 2024 | Paper evaluating user attention in AR and VR appearing in IEEE ISMAR 2024

System architecture, Sudoku AR app

Paper led by I3T PhD student Zhehan Qu titled “Looking” into Attention Patterns in Extended Reality: An Eye Tracking–Based Study is appearing in IEEE ISMAR 2024. This paper evaluates user attention patterns in AR and VR, for a cognitively challenging AR-assisted task - Sudoku puzzle solving, - in presence of contextual distractors. The study reveals intriguing differences between VR simulations and AR and serve as a starting point for the development of countermeasures for suboptimal attentional states in XR applications.
 

[Q24Lookig] Z. Qu, R. Byrne, and M. Gorlatova. “Looking'' into Attention Patterns in Extended Reality: An Eye Tracking-based Study. Proc. IEEE ISMAR, Oct. 2024. Paper PDF

 

Examining distractions in AR
Left: AR study setup, with a participant wearing the Magic Leap 2 AR headset. Right: The interface of the AR Sudoku Helper app, showing the visual hints overlaid on a Sudoku puzzle, the progress bar, the timer and the university mascot, Duke Blue Devil.