Tobii eye tracking

Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2015–2025), in 5 threads.

People raised many different problems with Tobii eye tracking, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 5 complaints

Slow letter selection makes conversation impossible; people wait long for replies2025-05-02
Eye tracking calibration is not right, so the experience is not great2023-04-24
Eye-tracking interfaces are poorly designed, like touchscreen UIs bolted onto desktop systems2022-10-02
Stops working when reaching the edge of large curved screens2022-01-09
Calibration is a pain and gaze tracking shifts drastically between morning and evening2015-01-08