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    How do public spaces make you feel? University measuring equity by tracking how people respond to urban design

    CHICAGO -- Can a public space feel healthy and equitable? DePaul University researchers are looking at the built environment and public spaces hoping to answer that question with the help of high-tech wearable eye-tracking glasses. With a camera in the front of the lenses, the glasses record wherever your head points, tracks eye movement, and records locations and heart rates. In tracking how ...
    by Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune Dec 12, 2023 3 minutes
    Community partner Paula Acevedo wears the eye-tracking glasses that were used with DePaul researchers at El Paseo Community Garden in Pilsen to analyze whether people of diverse backgrounds feel welcome in a public space.

    CHICAGO -- Can a public space feel healthy and equitable?

    DePaul University researchers are looking at the built environment and public spaces hoping to answer that question with the help of high-tech wearable eye-tracking glasses. With a camera in the front of the lenses, the glasses record wherever your head points, tracks eye movement, and records locations and heart rates.

    In tracking how people look at their environment and asking how they feel while in those areas, Kimberly Quinn, DePaul’s psychology department chair, and Michelle Stuhlmacher, assistant professor of geography and geographic information systems, aim to

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