Taylor Wesolowski - Senior Capstone Project

Hidden Object Detection



Project Description:

Develop a game-like application (remember Where's Waldo or I Spy ?) that uses the Tobii eye-tracking device to gather and visualize data related to search patterns and speed while players locate hidden objects in an image.

Project Requirements:

1. Research metrics and visualizations for analyzing eye-tracking data.
2. Develop a game-like application in which users compete against time (and, therefore, each other) to find hidden objects in an image.
3. Determine how the application knows the user has found a hidden object.
4. Allow the use of images of various formats and sizes.
5. Allow the application to visually replay the search path of a game.

This tool will enable data to be generated that can be used to investigate the ease/difficulty of finding hidden objects in images based on the characteristics of the images and/or the characteristics of the players.

6. In consultation with CS faculty, formulate research-style questions and use the data visualization to demonstrate how to investigate those questions.

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