Eye contact prompting communication device

A method comprising:

• generating a first image stream of a field of view of a first image capturing device, the image stream capturing a face of the first user viewing visual content of a first graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on a first display device of a first communication device;
• identifying a look target area of the first GUI, the look target area being an area on the display device around a location of the first image capturing device that, when the first user looks towards the look target area, the image capture device captures, within the first image stream, eyes of the first user looking towards the first image capturing device;
• identifying whether the first user is looking toward the look target area;
• presenting a visual change at the look target area to a portion of the first GUI that is within the look target area to prompt the first user viewing the first GUI to look towards the look target area, in response to identifying that the first user is not looking toward the look target area;
• identifying a spatial target area of the face within the first image stream relative to the field of view of the first image capturing device, the spatial target area corresponding to proper facial positioning by the first user relative to the image capture device to allow the eyes of the first user to look directly at the look target area;
• and
• presenting a head positioning indication on an inset portion of the first GUI, the head positioning indication corresponding to the spatial target area to prompt the first user to position their head so that their eyes are aligned with the head positioning indication.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage device;
• and
• program code on the computer readable storage device that when executed by a processor associated with a first communication device, the program code enables the communication device to provide the functionality of:
• generating a first image stream of a field of view of a first image capturing device, the image stream capturing a face of the first user viewing visual content of a first graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on a first display device of a first communication device;
• identifying a look target area of the first GUI, the look target area being an area on the display device around a location of the first image capturing device that, when the first user looks towards the look target area, the image capture device captures, within the first image stream, eyes of the first user looking towards the first image capturing device;
• identifying whether the first user is looking toward the look target area;
• and
• presenting a visual change at the look target area to a portion of the first GUI that is within the look target area to prompt the first user viewing the first GUI to look towards the look target area, in response to identifying that the first user is not looking toward the look target area;
• identifying a spatial target area of the face within the first image stream relative to the field of view of the first image capturing device, the spatial target area corresponding to proper facial positioning by the first user relative to the image capture device to allow the eyes of the first user to look directly at the look target area;
• and
• presenting a head positioning indication on an inset portion of the first GUI, the head positioning indication corresponding to the spatial target area to prompt the first user to position their head so that their eyes are aligned with the head positioning indication.