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VisualEyes: A Modular Software System for Oculomotor Experimentation

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DOVES: a database of visual eye movements.

Ian Van Der Linde¹, Umesh Rajashekar, Alan C Bovik

¹Center for Perceptual Systems, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. ianvdl@ece.utexas.edu

|February 21, 2009

Summary

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The DOVES database offers a large-scale collection of visual eye movements from human observers viewing natural images. This free resource aids vision research, providing valuable fixation point data.

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Area of Science:

Vision Science
Computational Neuroscience
Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

Understanding visual attention and eye movement patterns is crucial for various research fields.
Existing eye movement databases may lack scale or accessibility for broad research applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and release the Database of Visual Eye Movements (DOVES).
To provide a freely accessible, large-scale dataset of human eye movements for the vision research community.

Main Methods:

Collected eye movement data from 29 human observers.
Utilized a high-precision dual-Purkinje eye tracker.
Recorded fixations while observers viewed 101 natural calibrated images.

Main Results:

Compiled approximately 30,000 fixation points.
Documented the data acquisition procedure.
Summarized common eye movement statistics.

Conclusions:

DOVES is the first large-scale database of its kind available to researchers.
The database and associated MATLAB functions are available for unrestricted educational and research use.
DOVES supports diverse research topics in vision science and related fields.