== '''!PyGaze - Open-source toolbox for eye tracking in Python''' ==

''Description''

  !PyGaze is an open-source toolbox for eye tracking in Python. It has an uniform and user-friendy syntax and it is aimed for people with minor to advanced programming skills in Python. Pygaze acts as a wrapper around several existing packages, among 
  which !PyGame, !PsychoPy, pylink (for SR Research !EyeLink systems), !SensoMotoric Instruments’ !iViewX API, and the !Tobii SDK. From stimulus presentation to eye-tracker communication: everything can be handled by via !PyGaze scripting. As a a Python 
  library for eye tracking you can use a set of plugins that will allow you to use !PyGaze from within !OpenSesame. You can install !PyGaze on Windows as well as on Ubuntu. 

  !PyGaze supports the following eye trackers:

  - !EyeLink — For information on how to run !OpenSesame with !PyLink support
  - !EyeTribe — Works out of the box.

  Advantages of !PyGaze:
  
  - user-friendly platform
  - saccade detection algorithm (for online detection)
  - sharing code is easy (works on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX)
  - creating eyetracking experiments in Python syntax with the least possible effort
  - can be used for visual and auditory stimulus presentation; for response collection via keyboard, mouse, joystick, and other external hardware

  **URL:**

  1. http://www.pygaze.org/
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24258321
  3. http://osdoc.cogsci.nl/3.1/manual/eyetracking/pygaze/

== '''Project Anatomy''' ==

**Community**: !PyGaze community

**Leadership**: Edwin Dalmaijer

**Forking**: Fork your own copy at this address https://github.com/esdalmaijer/PyGaze, for which you will need a !GitHub account. 

**Communication**: There are a couple of ways for communicating with !PyGaze developers, one is their support forum accessible from http://forum.cogsci.nl/index.php?p=/categories/pygaze and the other is a contact form found at http://www.pygaze.org/contact/ (in case you do not want to create a forum account)

**Roadmaps**: 
 

''Original goal:'' 
 
  - bundles of code for a large range of different eye trackers from different manufacturers into a single interface.
  - open-source based on excisting libraries

''Future goals:''

  Short term:
  - better variable management and getting rid of some annoying bugs
  - an analysis suite to complement the existing experimental library

  Long term:
  - incorporate support for more eye trackers and support for even more obscure peripherals
  - support for electroencephalography 
 
  Source: Interview with lead developer: https://opensource.com/life/15/12/pygaze-open-source-eye-tracking-toolkit

**Releases**:

  1. Behavior Research Methods, December 2014, Volume 46, Issue 4, pp 913–921 | Cite as !PyGaze: An open-source, cross-platform toolbox for minimal-effort programming of eyetracking experiments - https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-013-0422-2
  2. Edwin S. Dalmaijer, Sebastiaan Mathôt, Stefan Van der Stigchel, 2013 - http://www.pygaze.org/resources/downloads/Dalmaijer_Mathot_Stigchel_2013_PyGaze_manuscript.pdf 
  3. Dalmaijer, E.S., Mathôt, S., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2013). PyGaze: an open-source, cross-platform toolbox for minimal-effort programming of eye tracking experiments. Behaviour Research Methods. doi:10.3758/s13428-013-0422-2

**Repositories**:
  
  The main repository of !PyGaze is: https://github.com/esdalmaijer/PyGaze , where you can download the source code, clone it to desktop, or even make your own fork.
  There is also a repository for !PyGazeAnalizer available at: https://github.com/esdalmaijer/PyGazeAnalyser

**Packaging**:

   Different packages for !PyGaze, including Windows, Linux and Mac OS X packages can be found at the downloads page of !PyGaze: http://www.pygaze.org/downloads/

**Upstream/downstream**:

   So far, from 2013 when it was originaly published, PyGaze has 12 contibutors, and it is open for contributing for upstream, after of course your pull request is revised and approved.
 
**Version Control**:

   version 0.6.0 (07-09-2017) - Latest version control

**Trackers**:

   You can see commits and verified changes at this link: https://github.com/esdalmaijer/PyGaze/commits/master

**Project Evaluation**

   Benchmark tests have been made on PyGaze, for which you can find out more at: http://www.pygaze.org/benchmark/