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The context here is ALS; someone with only the ability to move their eyes may not have a couple of months free to wait.

Also donning the AVP headset might not be possible for someone with advanced ALS. A fixed outside-in apparatus (probably attached to the patient’s wheelchair) would make more sense.

I think that makes sense but a startup is going to have a hard time delivering something better between now and January if they start from scratch.

But maybe I’m wrong, it might be a purely software based problem that can be solved quicker.

> I think that makes sense but a startup is going to have a hard time delivering something better between now and January if they start from scratch.

I agree entirely!

not really.

There are a bunch of hardware out there to get gaze vectors, the problem is that they rely on a generalised model of the eye. With fine tuning you can go from >5 degree of error, to <1-2

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