8 Start Experimenting; Start Eye Tracking; Tobii Pro Lab; Keep Your Eye Tracker Software Updated - Tobii Pro Spark User Manual

8 Start experimenting
8.1 Start eye tracking
To see where the participant's focus is, open Tobii Pro Eye Tracker Manager and activate Gaze
Visualization by toggling the switch on the Overview tab. A hazy blob appears on the screen,
indicating where attention is focused. Use this functionality to verify that your eye tracker is run-
ning, that the display is correctly set up, and that your eye tracker is calibrated.
8.2 Tobii Pro Lab
Tobii Pro Lab provides a comprehensive platform for the recording and analysis of eye gaze data,
which helps in the interpretation of human behavior, consumer responses, and psychology. Com-
bining simple preparation for testing procedures and advanced tools for Visualization and ana-
lysis, eye-tracking data is easily processed for useful comparison, interpretation, and
presentation. A broad range of studies are supported, from usability testing and market research,
to psychology and oculomotor physiological experiments. Tobii Pro Lab's intuitive workflow,
along with its advanced analysis tools, enables large and small studies in a timely and cost-effi-
cient way without the need for extensive training.
In addition to offering powerful analysis tools, Tobii Pro Lab is also designed to work with other
software commonly used for recording and analyzing data. This is done by synchronizing with
recording software using TTL, as well as by enabling data exports in standardized formats, for
example for Microsoft Excel, Matlab, and SPSS.
8.3 Keep your eye tracker software updated
From time to time, Tobii releases updates for an eye tracker's applicable driver and firmware in
order to improve performance and/or introduce new functionalities. Please check the Tobii web-
site regularly for news and information about updates about your eye tracker. We recommend
that you leave updates and notifications in Tobii Pro Eye Tracker Manager activated. (They are
activated by default and the sliders are colored blue.)
How to activate notifications and updates in Tobii Pro Eye Tracker Manager:
1. Expand the dropdown list at the top of Tobii Pro Eye Tracker Manager.
2. Toggle the switches for notifications. Blue means they are activated.
3. If a software update is available, the available update has a clickable link.
4. Select an interface language. The default is English.
8.4 Keep your display setup updated
Use Tobii Pro Eye Tracker Manager whenever you change computers or display setups.
All references to Tobii Pro Eye Tracker Manager assume that you are using the latest
version of this free software.
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