What is GazeRecorder?
GazeRecorder is an open-source, cross-platform software application designed specifically for eye tracking research and analysis. It enables researchers, marketers, UX designers, and more to easily record webcam or dedicated eye tracker data to produce visualizations of gaze patterns and fixations.
Some key features of GazeRecorder include:
- Works with most major eye tracking hardware brands like Tobii, EyeLink etc.
- Flexible sampling rates and data formats
- Real-time gaze visualization and mapping
- Heatmaps and focus maps of gaze concentration
- Numerical metrics like fixation duration, count, sequences
- AOI mapping and tracking
- Data export for further analysis
- Free and open source (GNU GPLv3 license)
By providing a platform to reliably gather and analyze eye tracking data, GazeRecorder enables gaining valuable insights into visual attention, cognition, and information processing. It is used widely in psychology research, marketing and advertising, HCI studies, medical research, and more fields.