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Head Pointing Devices

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Multimedia Systems

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Abstract

A head pointing device is a peripheral device that uses head movements to replace the mouse. It may appear in many guises, this chapter will focus on two types: the eye mouse and the head joystick.

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Morris, T. (2000). Head Pointing Devices. In: Multimedia Systems. Applied Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0455-1_8

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