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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Eye-Tracking for Clinical Ophthalmology with Virtual Reality (VR): A Case Study of the HTC Vive Pro Eye's Usability.

Alexandra Sipatchin, Siegfried Wahl, Katharina Rifai

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors.

Alexandra SipatchinInstitute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Siegfried WahlInstitute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3437-6711
Katharina RifaiInstitute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft German Excellence initiative from the BMBF in the framework of IDeA (project number 16SV8104)Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Mini graduate school 'Integrative Augmented Reality (I-AR)'
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA case study is proposed to empirically test and discuss the eye-tracking status-quo hardware capabilities and limitations of an off-the-shelf virtual reality (VR) headset with embedded eye-tracking for at-home ready-to-go online usability in ophthalmology applications.

methodsThe eye-tracking status-quo data quality of the HTC Vive Pro Eye is investigated with novel testing specific to objective online VR perimetry. Testing was done across a wide visual field of the head-mounted-display's (HMD) screen and in two different moving conditions. A new automatic and low-cost Raspberry Pi system is introduced for VR temporal precision testing for assessing the usability of the HTC Vive Pro Eye as an online assistance tool for visual loss.

resultsThe target position on the screen and head movement evidenced limitations of the eye-tracker capabilities as a perimetry assessment tool. Temporal precision testing showed the system's latency of 58.1 milliseconds (ms), evidencing its good potential usage as a ready-to-go online assistance tool for visual loss.

conclusionsThe test of the eye-tracking data quality provides novel analysis useful for testing upcoming VR headsets with embedded eye-tracking and opens discussion regarding expanding future introduction of these HMDs into patients' homes for low-vision clinical usability.

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eye-trackinghead-mounted display (HMD)ophthalmologyusability methodsvirtual reality (VR)

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PMID33572072
PMCPMC7914806

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