Google Chrome is adding an accessibility feature that lets you control Chrome using your face gestures. The feature is code named FaceGaze.
FaceGaze
FaceGaze is getting ready for testing, with an experimental flag for users to enable:
Experimental FaceGaze gravity wells: This option enables the experimental gravity wells behavior for FaceGaze
Looking at related commits in the Chromium Gerrit, I came across a file with text strings used by this feature. Here are some of the gestures listed in the file:
- Raise eyebrows
- Lower eyebrows
- Close left eye
- Close right eye
- Blink both eyes
- Look down
- Look left
- Look right
- Look up
- Open your mouth wide
- Stretch left corner of your mouth
- Put lips together (like a kiss)
- Stretch right corner of your mouth
- Smile
- Wrinkle your nose
The new feautre, called Face Graze, atleast for now, will be available on the manageAccessibility/faceGaze section of Chrome’s accessibility settings.
You might have heard about thirdparty extensions and apps allowing users to control their computers using their face gestures. A built-in feature like this will bring in better integration and performance.
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