IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems andRehabilitation Engineering...

To demonstrate the system’s effectiveness, the researchers conducted a controlled study where one group used the new application, and another used the smartphone’s inbuilt touchscreen zoom. Across a series of tasks, the researchers found that head-based navigation reduced the average completion time by about 28 per cent. The results of the study are published in  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering.
For the next phase of the project, the team wants to incorporate additional gestures to provide more advanced functionality. There are also plans to compare the system’s performance against other smartphone accessibility features such as voice-based navigation.
“Given the current heightened interest in smart glasses, such as Microsoft’s Hololens and Epson’s Moverio, it is conceivable to think of a smart glass working independently without requiring a paired mobile device in near future,” said lead author Shrinivas Pundlik. “The concept of head-controlled screen navigation can be useful in such glasses even for people who are not visually impaired.”