The mouse cursor you never lose

Sunny Pointer is a free cross-platform application (Windows, MacOs, Linux) that helps people to quickly find their mouse pointer on the screen. It is particularly intended for people with a problem of peripheral vision loss.

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A network of lines is displayed on the screen to indicate the position of the pointer

Parameters allow you to configure the pointer according to your needs

Software installers

Select your Operating System

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Once you have downloaded the installer, you can install Sunny Pointer by following the steps indicated by the green arrows.

The project

We measured the positive effects of this application in a group of participants with peripheral vision loss due to different conditions and found that it can reduce the time required to complete a targeting task by a factor of seven using the mouse.
See scientific report

The computer code is available under license GPL and is maintained by a group of volunteers. It can be downloaded from the following GIT.
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Sunny Pointer was developed by the LEAD public research laboratory of the Bourgogne Franche-Comté University (Laboratoire sur l'étude de l'apprentissage et du développement) with the support of UNADEV (Union Nationale des Aveugles et Déficients Visuels) and the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique).

Contact us

You have any comments or questions about the software?

LEAD - UBFC - CNRS UMR 5022
Pôle AAFE 11 Esplanade Erasme
21000 Dijon

+33 (0)3 80 39 57 81

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