JAPAN PRIZE 2017 Prize Winners

The Best Work in the Creative Frontier Category
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EyeMoT
THE EYE TRACKING TRAINING SOFTWARE
BASED ON SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE
Entering Organization Shimane University
Country/Region Japan
Media Application Software
(By Lisa Percy)
We had a difficult decision to make judging this category, with such a diverse range of interesting and creative projects to consider. The Eye Tracking Training Software Based on Successful Experience opens up the world for people who usually have no impact on their environment, allowing users to see and feel the impact of their actions. The ten training games enable users to develop both their eye tracking skills and to provoke reactions from those around them, establishing connections and truly communicating. The games offer a pedagogical framework allowing skills to be built up progressively. The content has been designed very much with the specific needs of the users in mind. It complements the technology perfectly. In fact, they were created to support the development of new more accessible, cheaper eye tracking technology which was affordable to most, but needed software to support it. It has truly transformed lives and empowered children and adults to engage with the world around them.
(By Fumihito Ito)
It is truly wonderful that a spotlight was cast on the world of severely disabled children.
People with severe disabilities are forced to experience a number of “failures” in their daily lives, and therefore they tend to become demotivated to try new things. The EyeMoT series of eye tracking training software based on “successful experience” offer enjoyable eye-tracking training, and by using the software with “Vibeman,” which was developed at the same time as EyeMoT, the users can feel the sense of achievement in a more enhanced way. Motivated by this Award, I would like to advance my efforts and research so that more children with severe disabilities can have happy smiles.

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