Pioneered by the University of East London’s SMARTlab team, MyTobii is being used in a world premiere of a live, eye-controlled music and dance session.

Using specially created software, Katie Gilligan and James Brosnan will be using their eyes to play music from the MyTobii screen – with live musicians as a part of the band. Due to be performed at The Science Gallery in Dublin in early April, this show is sure to be inspirational.

Led by a team of scholars, engineers, artists and medical experts, SMARTlab is an environment where new technology tools are used to improve the quality of independent life and creative expression of people with disabilities.

So how do they do it?
Using buttons that have been pre-programmed with different sounds, James and Katie simply look at each button when they want a particular sound. Brand new music has been written for the performance, with and for the artists.