3D gaze point for avatar eye animation

A system for avatar eye animation comprising:

• an eye tracking device operable to:
• obtain a first gaze vector of a user associated with a first eye of the user;
• and
• obtain a second gaze vector of the user associated with a second eye of the user;
• and
• a computing device operable to cooperate with the eye tracking device to receive the first gaze vector of the user and the second gaze vector of the user and control the system to:
• determine a first point in a three-dimensional (3D) virtual space that the user is looking toward;
• create a second point in the 3D virtual space corresponding to the first point in the 3D virtual space;
• and
• render a first eye and a second eye of an avatar of the user in the 3D virtual space based on the second point in the 3D virtual space such that the first eye and the second eye of the avatar are looking toward the second point in the 3D virtual space.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage media, wherein a computer program is stored in the non-transitory computer-readable storage media, and a processor executes the computer program to:

• obtaining a first gaze vector of a user associated with a first eye of the user;
• obtaining a second gaze vector of the user associated with a second eye of the user;
• determining a first point in a three-dimensional (3D) virtual space that the user is looking toward;
• creating a second point in the 3D virtual space corresponding to the first point in the 3D virtual space;
• and
• rendering a first eye and a second eye of an avatar of the user in the 3D virtual space based on the second point in the 3D virtual space such that the first eye and the second eye of the avatar are looking toward the second point in the 3D virtual space.