For the last two seasons, Stanford has been employing the use of a novel eye-tracking headset that helps monitor concussions and help team doctors to make return-to-play decisions on the sideline. This technology was recently featured by KPIX in San Francisco, which dove deep into the technology and its use.
They interviewed Dr. Jam Ghajar, Director of the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center and a President of the Brain Trauma Foundation, and he explained the technology:
“What we do is, we have VR glasses with a red dot going around a circle and cameras inside the glasses so you can actually see where the eyes are moving.