Using Tobii for eye tracking with Mworks

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Hi Chris,

Here Jaime from Fribourg university. We want use mworks together with a Tobii device (Tx300) for eye tracking.
I started looking at the online manuals but I couldn’t find if there is an existing plug in to be able to use mworks with Tobii.
Hence my question is: how can I output the signals from tobii, in order to use it with mworks

Have a nice day

Jaime Cadena

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Hi Jaime,

There is no existing MWorks plugin for communicating with Tobii devices. Tobii does provide a macOS-compatible software development kit (SDK), which should allow us to create a plugin comparable to the MWorks EyeLink interface.

One potential issue: It looks like the TX300 has been discontinued, and the SDK info doesn’t list it as a supported device. Probably it is still supported, but you should confirm that with the Tobii folks.

Cheers,
Chris

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Hi Chris,

We wrote to Tobii and apparently the device is still supported. Then, could you please develop a plug in to interface mworks with this device?
Many thanks in advance

Cheers,

Jaime

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Hi Jaime,

Yes, I can, although it will take a while. Given my current work load, I’d guess that it will be at least 6 months (possible longer) before I could get this done.

Also, since I won’t have the hardware on hand for testing, you or someone else on your end will need to do a significant amount of testing and debugging to get the interface working. I could provide remote guidance and support for such testing (e.g. via Zoom or Skype).

Let me know how you’d like to proceed.

Cheers,
Chris

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Hi Chris,
We will probably switch the eye tracker then. Thanks a lot for checking on this. If we plan again to use a Tobii device, I will let you know

Have a great week

Jaime

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OK, thanks for letting me know!

Chris