Apparatus and method for determining an intent of a user

An apparatus for determining at least one intent of at least one user, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one eye movement sensing device configured to sense at least one eye movement signal from the user, the eye movement signal being indicative of at least one eye movement of the user;
• and
• at least one head movement sensing device configured to sense at least one head movement signal from the user, the head movement signal being indicative of at least one head movement of the user;
• wherein the apparatus is configured to determine at least one degree of correlation between the eye movement signal and the head movement signal, wherein the apparatus is configured to determine at least one intent of the user based at least on the determined degree of correlation,
• wherein the eye movement sensing device is configured to sense at least one bioelectrical signal from the user, the bioelectrical signal being indicative of at least one eye movement of the user,
• wherein the apparatus is configured to distinguish between a plurality of different intents and to classify the intent of the user into a plurality of different classes based on one or more criteria that the determined degree of correlation must satisfy in order to be classified into the respective class,
• wherein the apparatus comprises or is coupled to an electronic media device, wherein the apparatus is configured to provide at least one control input to control at least one function of the electronic media device based on the determined intent of the user, and
• wherein the apparatus is configured to control, by the at least one control input, at least one of the following functions of the electronic media device:
• a volume, a light intensity, a 2D or 3D distribution of sound, an audio content, a spatial variance of one or more properties of an audio, one or more functions of a lighting device of the electronic media device, one or more functions of an audio device of the electronic media device, and activation/deactivation of the electronic media device.