The Future of Eye Tracking
This webinar is hosted By: Applications of Visual Science Technical Group
22 May 2025 11:30 - 13:00
Eastern Daylight/Summer Time (US & Canada) (UTC -04:00)The human eye is constantly in motion, even when directly fixating on a target. Eye movement is closely related to neural activity, given the proximity of the human brain, and contributes to good visual acuity. Subtle changes in eye movement patterns may provide early indicators of conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and others, offering new avenues for early diagnosis and personalized treatment. These small eye movements are, however, hard to image using traditional video-based pupil eye trackers. This webinar will explore the technology behind retinal tracking, its applications, and its potential impact on various fields. It will explain how retinal imaging methods may be used to measure small eye movements with unprecedented precision and resolution and explore current research using this methodology.
Subject Matter Level: Introductory - assumes little previous knowledge of the topic
What You Will Learn:
- How eye movements relate to activity in the human brain
- How high-resolution retinal imaging methods can be used to measure these eye movements
- How these methods compare to traditional eye-tracking methods
Who Should Attend:
- Students, postdocs, and faculty who want to learn about using retinal imaging as an eye tracker and the applications of this technology in both neuroscience and vision science
- Anyone interested in current research on high-resolution eye-tracking
About Our Speakers
Jimmy Murari
Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Institut de la Vision
Jimmy Murari is a PhD student at the Institut de la Vision in Paris. His research involves measuring the subtle changes in eye movements in age-related macular degeneration using high resolution high speed imaging of the retina.
Richard Johnston
UPMC Vision Institute, University of Pittsburgh
Richard Johnston obtained his PhD at the University of Nottingham where he investigated the role of motion and form vision in neurodevelopment disorders. In his current role, Dr. Johnston investigates the diagnostic and prognostic utility of fixational eye movements (FEMS) in patients with concussion.
Veronika Lukyanova
Department of Ophthalmology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Veronika is a PhD student in the Adaptive Optics and Vision laboratory at the University of Bonn. Her research involves investigating the role of eye movements in hyperacuity.
Ignace Hooge
Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University
Ignace Hooge is an associate professor at the Department of Psychological Function at Utrecht University. His research interests include eye-tracking methodology, visual perception and attention. Hooge studied physics and obtained his PhD in 1996 at the Department of Human Physics with a study of human search behaviour by measuring eye movements. In addition, he has worked in marketing research, and has tested many billboards and advertisements with eye-tracking.
Varun Padikal
Department of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
Varun Padikal is a PhD student at the University of Newcastle. His research involves investigating the changes in eye movements in Parkinson’s disease using both an Eyelink video based tracker and a custom built AOSLO system.
