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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will let you aim with your eyes

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When I got to use Tobii eye tracking just a few months ago, I was surprised at how well it all worked. I was expecting, as these things tend to be, a complete gimmick – but using the technology in both the system’s demo software and in an actual game like The Division made me think there’s some decent potential use for the tech.

What better game to get support for the feature than a game that’s all about augmenting humans to make them do things they couldn’t before. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is getting Tobii Eye tracking. Here’s how Deus Ex: will benefit from your gaze:

  • Aim at gazeWith Tobii Eye Tracking, gaze, aim, and click to activate a well-timed uppercut or simply fire away. It’s your choice
  • Extended View: Explore the dystopic world that surrounds you in Deus Ex, just by staring at the edges of the screen. Look to the edge of your screen and the game’s camera will pan – giving you a wider field of view with just a glance. Your natural eye movement immerses you further into the game’s environment and lets you control what you want to see.
  • Icarus Dash at gaze: Lets you use your controls in a more fluid manner. Simply look in a direction you want Adam to move in – even vertically.
  • Interact at gaze: Move effortlessly using your natural gaze to intuitively interact with objects. Look at an object, press a button and automatically move towards it before picking it up. Easy come-easy go.
  • Clean UI: All the UI elements which remind you that you are playing a game fade away. Look and they’ll appear; look away and they’ll become nearly transparent. In a boss fight, you’ll be able to check your vital stats. If you want to, when you want to.
  • Quick Inventory Items: Quickly select items in Augmentations or Inventory by gaze and
  • Cover at Gaze: This feature lets players find refuge when the heat is on just by gazing across the environment – highlighting places you can hide behind. (Not available on August 23, this feature will be available in an upcoming update.)

The only one that really, really interests me is the Clean UI, which is hardly worth spending the $164 necessary to implement eye tracking. It is, however, a glimpse of the future. Says André Vu, Executive Brand Director at Eidos Montréal:

With the Deus Ex franchise being a window to the future, we always try to provide innovative, ground-breaking experiences for our players. The numerous Tobii eye tracking features built into the game will provide PC gamers an extra layer of immersion that blends perfectly with the futuristic universe depicted in Deus Ex.

Last Updated: August 10, 2016

14 Comments

  1. Pariah

    August 10, 2016 at 10:05

    As opposed to how the storm troopers aim with their arse? How the f*&^ else are you meant to aim?

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    • Geoffrey Tim

      August 10, 2016 at 10:41

      In a game? WITH YOUR MOUSE DAMN YOU

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      • Pariah

        August 10, 2016 at 10:43

        I dare you to aim with your mouse WITHOUT using your eyes. And hit the intended target. <3

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        • Geoffrey Tim

          August 10, 2016 at 10:47

          You look with your eyes, yu aim with your mouse. 😛

          Reply

  2. Admiral Chief - Check

    August 10, 2016 at 10:13

    Header win. Done. Dusted. You win.

    Reply

  3. Admiral Chief - Check

    August 10, 2016 at 10:15

    Jensen for president

    Reply

  4. Alien Emperor Trevor

    August 10, 2016 at 10:22

    Tobii, or not Tobii.

    Reply

    • VampyreSquirrel

      August 10, 2016 at 11:30

      What was the question? Wait, that wasn’t a question.

      Reply

  5. Captain JJ off track

    August 10, 2016 at 10:55

    I think Deus Ex is looking like my August new release purchase, above NMS maybe.

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    • Pariah

      August 10, 2016 at 10:57

      NMS was my first new release purchase since Borderlands 2. In 2012.

      Reply

      • Captain JJ off track

        August 10, 2016 at 11:04

        Wow. Before now it was Witcher 3 for me. Which is also over a year ago, mind you.

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  6. HairyEwok

    August 10, 2016 at 10:58

    I looked at the guy and winked my eye…. Dead

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  7. Deceased

    August 10, 2016 at 11:30

    So now that I’ve bought No Mans Sky ( and resenting the fact that Pre-Load is not there yet )

    For this one:
    https://67.media.tumblr.com/6b2bf029bf979ae8439feda466c933d9/tumblr_n7kokbI7uB1ssbvp5o1_500.gif

    Reply

    • Pariah

      August 10, 2016 at 12:35

      Yeah I want pre-load. 🙁

      Reply

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