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236 gap statements mined from Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 1,257 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • The need to reduce the number of hardware components required for MMS driving assessment. The requirement for engineering expertise in the implementation of currently available systems. The challenge of quantifying the driver's head-steering coordination in motorized mobility scooter driving.

    Estimation of driver’s head-steering coordination in motorized mobility scooter driving using a single omnidirectional camera · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of objective assessment methods for MMS driving. The impracticality of currently available systems for routine use due to the number of hardware components required. The limited evidence base for MMS driving compared to power wheelchairs.

    Estimation of driver’s head-steering coordination in motorized mobility scooter driving using a single omnidirectional camera · 2026 · DOI

  • The reporting of information critical to conducting replicable L2 eye-tracking research needs improvement. Eye-tracking is just beginning to emerge in many areas, such as L2 writing and speaking. There is limited utilization of available eye-tracking measures across various domains of L2 research.

    A Systematic Review of Eye-Tracking Technology in Second Language Research · 2024 · DOI

  • Strabismus screening in pediatric and remote-care settings remains difficult because many existing methods depend on patient cooperation, individual calibration procedures, and static image capture, which are insufficient for detecting intermittent or transient ocular misalignment.

    Temporal ASTRA: Synthetic Evaluation and Hybrid CNN-BiLSTM Modeling for Calibration-Free Strabismus Detection · 2026 · DOI

  • Eye-tracking offers a potential digital biomarker, but its application to the multifaceted cognitive profile of ID remains scarce.

    A multidimensional eye-tracking assessment for estimating cognitive profiles in intellectual disability: A preliminary deep learning study · 2026 · DOI

  • The findings suggest that several mathematical domains remain underexplored, offering opportunities for further eye-tracking research in mathematics education.

    The Use of Eye-Tracking Technology in Mathematics Education: A Mapping Study with Bibliometric Analysis · 2025 · DOI

  • Although the accuracy of cognitive load detection has improved in recent work, it is still insufficient for cognition-aware user interfaces, which require high accuracy for getting accepted by the user.

    Estimating Perceived Mental Workload From Eye-Tracking Data Based on Benign Anisocoria · 2024 · DOI

  • Existing domain adaptation strategies, limited by their need for target domain samples, may fall short in real-world applications.

    Improving Domain Generalization on Gaze Estimation via Branch-Out Auxiliary Regularization · 2024 · DOI

  • My research will extend resource-rational modeling of visual attention toward increasingly adaptive and interactive settings. From a theoretical perspective, a key next step is to generalize computationally rational control from single-agent behavior to multi-agent and socially situated scenarios.

    A Resource-Rational Principle for Modeling Visual Attention Control · 2026 · DOI

  • Developing a system that can accurately track eye movements and recognize hand gestures in real-time. Overcoming the limitations of existing approaches, such as the need for specialized hardware. Providing a natural and intuitive way for individuals to interact with computers.

    Virtual Cursor Control Using Eye Tracking and Hand Gestures · 2026 · DOI

  • Prior assistive technologies often require prior technical knowledge, are not fully voice-driven, or lack real-time responsiveness and accuracy.

    Voice Based Mail System for Visually Impaired Using AI/ML · 2026 · DOI

  • Eliminating the need for high-bandwidth image readout and substantially reducing computational overhead. Enabling a high sampling rate with minimal data volume.

    Low Latency Gaze Tracking via Latent Optical Sensing · 2026

  • Future studies should test multiple headsets and implementations of passthrough and MR. Research should examine the effects of HMD-mediated viewing on visual performance in different tasks and environments. The study's findings should be generalized to other populations and use cases.

    Visual performance in head-mounted displays: Movement-dependent costs of video passthrough and mixed reality · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of understanding of how HMD-mediated viewing affects visual performance during locomotion. The need to evaluate HMDs under intended use conditions. The gap in knowledge about the effects of video passthrough and mixed reality on visual performance.

    Visual performance in head-mounted displays: Movement-dependent costs of video passthrough and mixed reality · 2026 · DOI

  • Few eye feature extractors are designed to handle sudden changes in event density. Prior work has not addressed the problem of dynamically adjusting the relative weight placed on current versus recent information.

    Enhancing Eye Feature Estimation from Event Data Streams through Adaptive Inference State Space Modeling · 2026 · DOI

  • To investigate the use of other modalities, such as voice or gesture, to support one-handed interaction in XR.

    Align-to-Scale: Mode Switching Technique for Unimanual 3D Object Manipulation with Gaze-Hand-Object Alignment in Extended Reality · 2026 · DOI

  • To explore the application of the AISSM to other event-based data streams. To investigate the use of the AISSM for real-time eye tracking applications. To develop more efficient training methods for the AISSM.

    Enhancing Eye Feature Estimation from Event Data Streams through Adaptive Inference State Space Modeling · 2026 · DOI

  • Multi-glint detection remains challenging in practice. Glints can be unreliable, partly occluded, duplicated by spurious reflections, or disappear entirely. The full matching pipeline is rarely described in detail in literature.

    Night Eyes: A Reproducible Framework for Constellation-Based Corneal Reflection Matching · 2026 · DOI

  • The study only reviewed 111 eye-tracking studies, - The study did not count in the sampling frequency and commercial/non-commercial type of the eye tracker, - The study found that more than 95% of the reviewed studies reported less than 70% of the information essential for future replication…

    A Systematic Review of Eye-Tracking Technology in Second Language Research · 2024 · DOI

  • The sample consisted of only 50 students, - The study was conducted in a specific university setting, - The participants were limited to a specific age range (19 to 23), - The study used a specific version of the RPM test…

    Measuring Raven’s Progressive Matrices Combining Eye-Tracking Technology and Machine Learning (ML) Models · 2024 · DOI

  • The application of the method to other domains such as architecture and geodesy. The use of alternative means to create point clouds such as low-cost laser scanners or photogrammetry.

    Eyes in the clouds: spatial data analysis with gaze-enhanced point clouds · 2026 · DOI

  • Traditional Human Reliability Analysis methods are mostly static and look back in time, lacking real-time monitoring capabilities - There is a need for a more effective and efficient method for monitoring operator fatigue and evaluating human…

    Integration of eye tracking technology for human reliability in railway engineering · 2026 · DOI

  • Improving the accuracy of the system - Expanding the system to work with different types of documents - Integrating the system with other assistive…

    An Intelligent Eye Gaze–Driven E-Book Reader using MediaPipe and OpenCV · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of a gaze-assisted web-based reading platform - The need for a system that can track the eye gaze of users and allow them to navigate through pages using…

    An Intelligent Eye Gaze–Driven E-Book Reader using MediaPipe and OpenCV · 2026 · DOI

  • Improving the system's performance in varying lighting conditions. Enhancing the system's robustness to hand orientation and camera positioning. Exploring the use of the system in various applications, such as gaming and education.

    Virtual Cursor Control Using Eye Tracking and Hand Gestures · 2026 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) Eye-tracking offers a potential digital biomarker, but its application to the multifaceted cognitive profile of ID remains scarce (“A multidimensional eye-tracking assessment for estimating cognitive profiles in…”, 2026); (2) Future studies should test multiple headsets and implementations of passthrough and MR (“Visual performance in head-mounted displays: Movement-dependent costs of video…”, 2026); (3) The findings suggest that several mathematical domains remain underexplored, offering opportunities for further eye-tracking research in mathematics education (“The Use of Eye-Tracking Technology in Mathematics Education: A Mapping Study…”, 2025); (4) There is limited utilization of available eye-tracking measures across various domains of L2 research (“A Systematic Review of Eye-Tracking Technology in Second Language Research”, 2024). 236 gap statements have been mined from Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 1,257 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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