All software releases

Here you will find a log of all features, changes, bug fixes, and developer notes for Pupil Labs software.

April 1, 2024

We are excited to announce another round of updates for Pupil Cloud. This release focuses mostly on stability, but we’re also adding a few nice UI updates as well!

Enrichment timeline visualization

We have put more design work into the enrichment timelines to make it easier for researchers to discover the results of enrichments. Timelines for enrichments now visualize three states:

  1. Processing: The processing states of the enrichment. Ready, Processing, Done.

  2. Localization: Visualizes where the reference image or surface detected in the recording.

  3. Gaze on reference: Visualizes where the subject is looking at the reference image or surface in the recording.

Automated recording recovery

We developed an automatic recovery tool that fixes recordings that were not playable on the Companion Device or that were directly exported from the Companion Device to desktop.

AOI Heatmap Metrics: Fixation Count

We’ve added average fixation count metric to the AOI Heatmap visualization.

Marker Mapper Image

The Marker Mapper image now automatically selects an image where all markers are visible from within the enrichment section.

Workspace management

You can now leave workspaces. This can be useful if you are no longer contributing to a workspace and want to clean up the list of workspaces associated with your account. You can always join a workspace again by accepting an invite from a workspace admin.

Follow mode for playback as default

We’ve added a new feature so that the playhead is always in view during playback. This is now the default playback mode. If you want to switch back to the old style, you can click the “follow mode” button.

Improved Fullscreen Experience

We removed the top application bars when in fullscreen so that we can maximize the available space for fullscreen viewing.

April 1, 2024

We are excited to announce another round of updates for Pupil Cloud. This release focuses mostly on stability, but we’re also adding a few nice UI updates as well!

Enrichment timeline visualization

We have put more design work into the enrichment timelines to make it easier for researchers to discover the results of enrichments. Timelines for enrichments now visualize three states:

  1. Processing: The processing states of the enrichment. Ready, Processing, Done.

  2. Localization: Visualizes where the reference image or surface detected in the recording.

  3. Gaze on reference: Visualizes where the subject is looking at the reference image or surface in the recording.

Automated recording recovery

We developed an automatic recovery tool that fixes recordings that were not playable on the Companion Device or that were directly exported from the Companion Device to desktop.

AOI Heatmap Metrics: Fixation Count

We’ve added average fixation count metric to the AOI Heatmap visualization.

Marker Mapper Image

The Marker Mapper image now automatically selects an image where all markers are visible from within the enrichment section.

Workspace management

You can now leave workspaces. This can be useful if you are no longer contributing to a workspace and want to clean up the list of workspaces associated with your account. You can always join a workspace again by accepting an invite from a workspace admin.

Follow mode for playback as default

We’ve added a new feature so that the playhead is always in view during playback. This is now the default playback mode. If you want to switch back to the old style, you can click the “follow mode” button.

Improved Fullscreen Experience

We removed the top application bars when in fullscreen so that we can maximize the available space for fullscreen viewing.

January 24, 2024

We are excited to announce another round of updates for Pupil Cloud! We are introducing Area of Interest (AOI) analysis, improvements for the recording timeline, and several other smaller changes.

Areas of Interest

We are excited to launch AOI tools in Pupil Cloud! Use the AOI Editor in your Reference Image Mapper and Marker Mapper enrichments to draw AOIs on top of the reference image or surface. You can draw anything from simple polygons to multiple disconnected shapes.

AOI Metrics

After you have drawn AOIs you will automatically get CSV files of standard metrics of fixations on AOIs: total fixation duration, average fixation duration, time to first fixation, and reach.

AOI Heatmaps

Create visualizations of AOI metrics using an AOI Heatmap!

Enrichment Results in the Timeline

The recording timeline now contains visualizations for enrichments that indicate when they successfully tracked the reference image, surface, or face respectively.

This provides you with a high-level overview of when the stimuli were in the subject’s field of view.

Timeline Zoom

You can now zoom in the timeline. Zoom out for an overview of the entire recording and zoom in up to 1-second intervals to inspect the details.

Project Layout Changes

Enrichments now have a dedicated table. This enables you to search/sort enrichments and view more information about each enrichment in a single view. It also cleans up the sidebar!

Create Button

We added a “create” button in the enrichment and visualization views. Each button opens a modal that also contains more information about each enrichment and visualization. The aim is to make it easier to understand the setup and output of enrichments and visualizations.

Faster Downloads

Downloads of Marker Mapper and Reference Image Mapper exports are now 20x faster!

Search

You can now search for workspaces and projects by their ID.

Native Recording Data

If you want to download recording data from Pupil Cloud, in the same format it was saved on the Neon Companion Device, it is now called Native Recording Data.

Timestamps

We have switched to hardware based timestamps for video feeds for increased accuracy. If you need old recordings in Pupil Cloud updated to hardware timestamps reach out info@pupil-labs.com

January 24, 2024

We are excited to announce another round of updates for Pupil Cloud! We are introducing Area of Interest (AOI) analysis, improvements for the recording timeline, and several other smaller changes.

Areas of Interest

We are excited to launch AOI tools in Pupil Cloud! Use the AOI Editor in your Reference Image Mapper and Marker Mapper enrichments to draw AOIs on top of the reference image or surface. You can draw anything from simple polygons to multiple disconnected shapes.

AOI Metrics

After you have drawn AOIs you will automatically get CSV files of standard metrics of fixations on AOIs: total fixation duration, average fixation duration, time to first fixation, and reach.

AOI Heatmaps

Create visualizations of AOI metrics using an AOI Heatmap!

Enrichment Results in the Timeline

The recording timeline now contains visualizations for enrichments that indicate when they successfully tracked the reference image, surface, or face respectively.

This provides you with a high-level overview of when the stimuli were in the subject’s field of view.

Timeline Zoom

You can now zoom in the timeline. Zoom out for an overview of the entire recording and zoom in up to 1-second intervals to inspect the details.

Project Layout Changes

Enrichments now have a dedicated table. This enables you to search/sort enrichments and view more information about each enrichment in a single view. It also cleans up the sidebar!

Create Button

We added a “create” button in the enrichment and visualization views. Each button opens a modal that also contains more information about each enrichment and visualization. The aim is to make it easier to understand the setup and output of enrichments and visualizations.

Faster Downloads

Downloads of Marker Mapper and Reference Image Mapper exports are now 20x faster!

Search

You can now search for workspaces and projects by their ID.

Native Recording Data

If you want to download recording data from Pupil Cloud, in the same format it was saved on the Neon Companion Device, it is now called Native Recording Data.

Timestamps

We have switched to hardware based timestamps for video feeds for increased accuracy. If you need old recordings in Pupil Cloud updated to hardware timestamps reach out info@pupil-labs.com

August 7, 2023

Introducing the Analysis View


We are excited to introduce the Analysis View in Pupil Cloud! This is where high-level analysis, data aggregation, and advanced visualization will take place.

While this is just the first release and we are starting small, we have many features in the pipeline that will make the Analysis View one of the most important areas in Pupil Cloud in the near future!

What is available today?

Here is what has changed in this release:

  • In this first release, we are mostly rearranging existing features in preparation for bigger upcoming releases.

  • Analysis View: In each Project, you will see “Analysis” as a new menu item in the sidebar.

  • Heatmaps: We moved heatmaps out of enrichments and into Analysis. A Heatmap visualization is automatically added for each Reference Image Mapper or Marker Mapper enrichment.

  • Video Renderer: We renamed the Gaze Overlay Enrichment to Video Renderer and moved it into the Analysis view.

What’s next?

We have many exciting features planned for the Analysis View in the near future. This includes:

  • Areas of Interest (AOIs): We’re putting the finishing touches on an AOI tool. Draw AOIs on reference images and surfaces. Aggregate data on AOIs.

  • Metrics: Automatically calculate standard metrics for data on AOIs like e.g. “Average Fixation Duration”. Visualize them using various graphing options.

  • Video Renderer: More gaze visualization options (think cross-hair, eye video overlay). Abilities to visualize and render data from multiple enrichments.

  • Sharing: Share links to videos and visualizations with others.

We will be adding more and more of these features in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for updates!

Updates and Fixes

  • Workspace collaboration: Now when you create a new workspace, you can immediately invite other editors to collaborate. Hopefully this makes this feature more discoverable! You can also invite users from workspace settings.

  • Enrichment recordings: The enrichment track now has a tooltip and visual style to clearly communicate if a recording is not matched/included in the enrichment.

August 7, 2023

Introducing the Analysis View


We are excited to introduce the Analysis View in Pupil Cloud! This is where high-level analysis, data aggregation, and advanced visualization will take place.

While this is just the first release and we are starting small, we have many features in the pipeline that will make the Analysis View one of the most important areas in Pupil Cloud in the near future!

What is available today?

Here is what has changed in this release:

  • In this first release, we are mostly rearranging existing features in preparation for bigger upcoming releases.

  • Analysis View: In each Project, you will see “Analysis” as a new menu item in the sidebar.

  • Heatmaps: We moved heatmaps out of enrichments and into Analysis. A Heatmap visualization is automatically added for each Reference Image Mapper or Marker Mapper enrichment.

  • Video Renderer: We renamed the Gaze Overlay Enrichment to Video Renderer and moved it into the Analysis view.

What’s next?

We have many exciting features planned for the Analysis View in the near future. This includes:

  • Areas of Interest (AOIs): We’re putting the finishing touches on an AOI tool. Draw AOIs on reference images and surfaces. Aggregate data on AOIs.

  • Metrics: Automatically calculate standard metrics for data on AOIs like e.g. “Average Fixation Duration”. Visualize them using various graphing options.

  • Video Renderer: More gaze visualization options (think cross-hair, eye video overlay). Abilities to visualize and render data from multiple enrichments.

  • Sharing: Share links to videos and visualizations with others.

We will be adding more and more of these features in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for updates!

Updates and Fixes

  • Workspace collaboration: Now when you create a new workspace, you can immediately invite other editors to collaborate. Hopefully this makes this feature more discoverable! You can also invite users from workspace settings.

  • Enrichment recordings: The enrichment track now has a tooltip and visual style to clearly communicate if a recording is not matched/included in the enrichment.

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