MPIIGaze Appearance-Based Gaze Estimation Dataset
Longitudinal laptop-camera images captured during natural daily use with gaze targets, face geometry, and normalized views.
At a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Short name | mpii_gaze |
| Full name | MPIIGaze Appearance-Based Gaze Estimation Dataset |
| Primary category | eye_tracking |
| Contained modalities | eye_tracking |
| Tasks | gaze_estimation, regression |
| Samples | 213,659 |
| Classes | Not reported (Not reported) |
| Splits | all |
| Size | 2.1 GB |
| Source-stated terms | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; non-commercial scientific use only |
| Normalized terms | cc-by-nc-sa |
| Descriptive screening label | Explicit noncommercial clause recorded; check source |
| Terms scope | dataset_files |
| Access friction | anonymous_direct |
| Route backend | Manual (upstream-gated) |
| Availability | available (checked 2026-07-21) |
| Acquisition support | guided_instructions_only |
| Legacy sample-loader status | Metadata and access only |
Notes
The institutional page reports 213,659 images from 15 participants collected over more than three months and provides a 2.1 GB download for non-commercial scientific use.
Access preflight and acquisition
- CLI
- Python
# Read-only preflight
eyehub download mpii_gaze --data-dir ./data --dry-run --json
# Explicit transfer, only when preflight reports supported behavior
eyehub download mpii_gaze --data-dir ./data
from eyedatahub.acquisition import preflight_dataset
from eyedatahub.datasets.registry import REGISTRY
ds = REGISTRY.get_dataset('mpii_gaze')
print(preflight_dataset(ds, './data')) # no transfer
Upstream page: mpi-inf.mpg.de/de
Source-term evidence: mpi-inf.mpg.de/de
Loader status
This catalog record provides metadata and access instructions, but it does not yet include a standard DatasetSample loader. Inspect the source file structure or contribute a loader before using it in a training pipeline.
Citation
- BibTeX
- Plain text
@misc{mpii_gaze,
title = { MPIIGaze Appearance-Based Gaze Estimation Dataset },
note = { Zhang X, Sugano Y, Fritz M, Bulling A. Appearance-Based Gaze Estimation in the Wild. CVPR. 2015:4511-4520 },
year = { 2015 },
url = { https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/de/departments/computer-vision-and-machine-learning/research/gaze-based-human-computer-interaction/appearance-based-gaze-estimation-in-the-wild },
}
Zhang X, Sugano Y, Fritz M, Bulling A. Appearance-Based Gaze Estimation in the Wild. CVPR. 2015:4511-4520.
Source-stated terms
- Raw source string: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; non-commercial scientific use only
- Normalized category:
cc-by-nc-sa - Apparent scope:
dataset_files - Descriptive screening label: Explicit noncommercial clause recorded; check source
⚠️ Source-stated terms, scope, and normalized labels are curation metadata, not legal advice or a permission finding. Review the current official source before transfer or reuse.
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