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Quieting the Cobwebs: Browser Interaction for Visual Floaters

Jinglin Li, Kenneth Ge, Shikhar Ahuja

A web extension built on eye-physics simulation reduces floater motion distractions for all browser UI elements without site changes.

arxiv:2605.12739 v1 · 2026-05-12 · cs.HC

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we build a floater simulation inspired by the physics of the eye, use it to quantitatively assess text readability at varying levels of motion, and build a novel web extension that minimizes eye movement, maximizing the signal-to-noise ratio of performing browser tasks. Importantly, our tool works not only for text, but for all UI elements, requiring no modifications to existing websites.

C2weakest assumption

The physics-inspired floater simulation accurately models real-world floater motion and visual impact, and that minimizing eye movement via the extension will meaningfully improve task performance for actual users with floaters.

C3one line summary

A browser extension using an eye-physics floater simulation minimizes eye movement to improve readability and task performance for users with visual floaters across all UI elements.

References

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[1] Admin. Donna M. | Floater Stories, June 2021.https://floaterstories.com/donna-m/. Accessed: 2026-05-12 2021

[2] J. Charm and P. Cho. High myopia–partial reduction ortho-k: A 2-year randomized study. Optometry and Vision Science, 90(6):530, 2013 2013

[3] D. Coppola and D. Purves. The extraordinarily rapid disappearance of entoptic images. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 93(15):8001–8004, 1996 1996

[4] https://link.springer.com/article/10 2024

[5] D. Fiset, C. Blais, C. Éthier-Majcher, M. Arguin, D. Bub, and F. Gosselin. Features for identification of uppercase and lowercase letters.Psychological Science, 2008 2008

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arxiv: 2605.12739 · arxiv_version: 2605.12739v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.12739 · pith_short_12: TESWS3FH6LRB · pith_short_16: TESWS3FH6LRBYXGM · pith_short_8: TESWS3FH

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