Joint Visual Attention

Joint Visual Attention

1. Mythological/historical cultural evidence
   1. Galenic medicine: Eyes project rays
   2. Medusa
   3. Fear of the red laser target from a rifle scope
   4. Google Docs cursor position makes me uncofrotrable (game theory)
   5. Big eyes make us feel safer
2. Children do not learn language without joint visual attention
3. Cooperative eye hypothesis
   1. Apes use head position to infer theory of mind.

What about a SaaS implementing joint visual attention on a webpage? 

1.     Webcam computes user’s visual attention
2. Meteor, etc. WebSocket maintains continuous state updates
3. Instagram filter shows attention.

HOW DO WE EXTERNALIZE COGNITION?      —> Joint Visual Attention as a tool.