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RITnet: Real-time Semantic Segmentation of the Eye for Gaze Tracking

arXiv 1910.00694 ↗First posted 1 Oct 2019cs.CV eess.IVcited by 33

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Abstract (arXiv)

Accurate eye segmentation can improve eye-gaze estimation and support interactive computing based on visual attention; however, existing eye segmentation methods suffer from issues such as person-dependent accuracy, lack of robustness, and an inability to be run in real-time. Here, we present the RITnet model, which is a deep neural network that combines U-Net and DenseNet. RITnet is under 1 MB and achieves 95.3% accuracy on the 2019 OpenEDS Semantic Segmentation challenge. Using a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, RITnet tracks at > 300Hz, enabling real-time gaze tracking applications. Pre-trained models and source code are available https://bitbucket.org/eye-ush/ritnet/.

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  1. 2021Automatic Gaze Analysis: A Survey of Deep Learning based Approachescited by 33
  2. 2022Semantic Segmentation with Active Semi-Supervised Learningcited by 16
  3. 2022XRBench: An Extended Reality (XR) Machine Learning Benchmark Suite for the Metaversecited by 14
  4. 2023Eye-tracked Virtual Reality: A Comprehensive Survey on Methods and Privacy Challengescited by 12
  5. 20211000 Pupil Segmentations in a Second using Haar Like Features and Statistical Learningcited by 7
  6. 2022EllSeg-Gen, towards Domain Generalization for head-mounted eyetrackingcited by 6
  7. 2024Deep Domain Adaptation: A Sim2Real Neural Approach for Improving Eye-Tracking Systemscited by 6
  8. 2022HAZE-Net: High-Frequency Attentive Super-Resolved Gaze Estimation in Low-Resolution Face Imagescited by 4
  9. 2021Semi-Supervised Learning for Eye Image Segmentationcited by 3
  10. 2022Two-headed eye-segmentation approach for biometric identificationcited by 3
  11. 2024BOXR: Body and head motion Optimization framework for eXtended Realitycited by 3
  12. 2025FlatTrack: Eye-tracking with ultra-thin lensless camerascited by 3
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  1. 2024CondSeg: Ellipse Estimation of Pupil and Iris via Conditioned Segmentationcited by 2
  2. 2024EyeTrAES: Fine-grained, Low-Latency Eye Tracking via Adaptive Event Slicingcited by 2
  3. 2024Towards Unsupervised Eye-Region Segmentation for Eye Trackingcited by 2
  4. 2022Multistream Gaze Estimation with Anatomical Eye Region Isolation by Synthetic to Real Transfer Learningcited by 1
  5. 2023Robust Sclera Segmentation for Skin-tone Agnostic Face Image Quality Assessmentcited by 1
  6. 2024Using Deep Learning to Increase Eye-Tracking Robustness, Accuracy, and Precision in Virtual Realitycited by 1
  7. 2024VRBiom: A New Periocular Dataset for Biometric Applications of HMDcited by 1
  8. 2024Energy-Efficient & Real-Time Computer Vision with Intelligent Skipping via Reconfigurable CMOS Image Sensorscited by 1
  9. 2024FovealNet: Advancing AI-Driven Gaze Tracking Solutions for Optimized Foveated Rendering System Performance in Virtual Realitycited by 1
  10. 2025Iris Style Transfer: Enhancing Iris Recognition with Style Features and Privacy Preservation through Neural Style Transfercited by 1
  11. 2025Trade-offs in Privacy-Preserving Eye Tracking through Iris Obfuscation: A Benchmarking Studycited by 1
  12. 2021Dataset for eye-tracking taskscited by 0
  13. 2022Cycle-GAN for eye-trackingcited by 0
  14. 2023DeepMetricEye: Metric Depth Estimation in Periocular VR Imagerycited by 0
  15. 2024Topology and Intersection-Union Constrained Loss Function for Multi-Region Anatomical Segmentation in Ocular Imagescited by 0
  16. 2025Stable Tracking of Eye Gaze Direction During Ophthalmic Surgerycited by 0
  17. 2025A3FR: Agile 3D Gaussian Splatting with Incremental Gaze Tracked Foveated Rendering in Virtual Realitycited by 0
  18. 2025EyeSeg: An Uncertainty-Aware Eye Segmentation Framework for AR/VRcited by 0
  19. 2026VUDA: Enabling Controlled Spatial Sharing of Graphics and Compute on NVIDIA GPUscited by 0
  20. 2026AmbientEye: A Dataset for Pupil Segmentation under Natural Ambient Infrared Illuminationcited by 0
  21. 2026Step-Attention Refinement of DINOv3 Features for Efficient Anterior Eye Segmentationcited by 0