Again in February, Honor confirmed off its eye-tracking expertise that enables customers to energy on and off the engine of a automobile, in addition to work together with their smartphones utilizing their eyes solely.
Based on Honor, its eye-tracking expertise will begin rolling out to customers on August 27, however it’s going to solely be accessible on the Honor Magic6 Professional. Apparently, this can be accessible on all Honor units by way of MagicOS 8.0, however a listing of eligible units hasn’t been revealed but.
Apart from that, Honor revealed plans to start out investing in non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) expertise to make assistive tech extra accessible to everybody.
Because the title recommend, the BCI expertise makes it potential to speak with exterior units by way of mind electrical alerts, thus providing a brand new degree of interplay and independence for customers, particularly these with disabilities or anybody requiring extra assist.
Honor’s eye-tracking expertise is already serving to individuals with disabilities talk, and even create artwork. A brief movie produced by BBC Storyworks exhibits how AI-based eye-tracking expertise has impacted the lifetime of an individual who’s been identified with ALS 14 years in the past.
At first look, Honor’s initiative appears commendable, so right here is hoping that it’s not going for use for nefarious functions like forcing customers to observe adverts. It stays to be seen how Honor builds upon its eye-tracking expertise as a result of the inspiration appears very strong.
