More and more of our lives is managed using our mobile phones and other mobile devices. Our mobile devices such as smart phones and iPads are used for all kinds of things such as surfing on the internet, scheduling appointments, booking tickets, checking into flights, listening to music, watching TV etc. Even though the use of mobile devices is growing, the interfaces for doing all the things mentioned above is often just translated from a regular, full size computer interface. This transition does very seldom result in optimal usability. We at Tobii are not experts on how to design interfaces for small screens so that part of the problem is not something we can help to solve. What we do know is how to do usability tests on mobile interfaces in general and how to integrate eye tracking in such tests in particular.

As we want to share our knowledge about how to use eye tracking to test mobile interfaces, we arrange a tutorial on the 30th of August at Mobile HCI 2011 which is held in Stockholm between the 30th of August and 2nd of September. In the tutorial we aim to give an introduction into how eye tracking works, how it can be used when studying interfaces on mobile devices such as mobile phones and what the limitations are. In the tutorial four different hardware setups (including the new mobile device testing solution mentioned in the previous blog post) that can be used when studying eye movements during interaction with mobile devices will be introduced. We will talk about the data you get from doing an eye tracking study, what to consider when choosing setup, but also give some general pointers on what to think about when doing eye tracking studies with mobile devices.

In order to participate in the tutorial, you need to be registered both for the tutorial and at least one day of the conference. The early bird registration ends at the 12th of June. Read more about and register for the conference here.