There is a growing interest in eye tracking as a research method in many communities, including information visualization, scientific visualization, visual analytics, but also in human-computer interaction, applied perception, psychology, cognitive science, security, and mixed reality. Progress in hardware technology and the reduction of costs for eye tracking devices have made this analysis technique accessible to a large population of researchers. Recording the observer's gaze can reveal how dynamic graphical displays are visually accessed and which information are processed in real time.

Nonetheless, standardized practices for technical implementations and data interpretation remain unresolved.
This Meetup accompanies the IEEE VIS Workshop on Eye Tracking and Visualization (ETVIS), which will take place on the same day as the meetup (in the morning sessions).

With the ETVIS Meetup, we will complement the ETVIS Workshop:
We intend to build a community of eye tracking researchers within the visualization community, covering information visualization, scientific visualization, and visual analytics. We also aim to establish connections to related fields, in particular, in human-computer interaction, cognitive science, and psychology. This will promote a robust exchange of established practices and innovative use scenarios. The Meetup will also serve to consolidate the results of the ETVIS Workshop, discuss details of a book with post-workshop papers (extended versions of accepted workshop papers), plan follow-up workshop(s), and talk about other activities to strengthen eye tracking research in visualization and make these activities sustainable.