The biggest announcement from last week’s WWDC by Apple was undoubtedly iOS 12. Apple’s latest operating system for iPhones and iPads comes packed with plenty of new bells and whistles, but one developer, Matt Moss, noticed a particularly cool innovation. ARkit 2.0 includes eye tracking, which means your phone will be able to follow your eye movements and understand exactly what you’re looking at. This cool video below shows you just how good the iPhone, or should we say eyePhone, will be at tracking your eye movements.
Control your iPhone with your eyes. Just look at a button to select it and blink to press. Powered by ARKit 2. #ARKit #ARKit2 #WWDC #iOS pic.twitter.com/ow8TwEkC8J
— Matt Moss (@thefuturematt) June 7, 2018
Some people took to Twitter to decry what this will mean for the types of ads we’ll see in the future, but Moss was keen to highlight what it’ll mean for accessibility.
This technology will make it a hell of a lot easier for people with disabilities interact with the digital world. If you add Microsoft’s recent Xbox gamepad designed for disabled gamers, it has been a good couple of weeks for progressive developments in tech.
