What is Where’s Waldo?

Where’s Waldo (or Wally in some places) is a collection of books where your objective is to find the book’s character, Waldo. Each page illustrates a scene overflowing with goofy characters and wacky situations.

Within this sea of craziness lies Waldo, hidden away in more or less conspicuous ways. Sometimes he’s in plain sight. Other times all that is visible is his head. It can be a lot of fun when you’re timing yourself and competing. 

What is the Where’s Waldo eye tracker challenge?

The eye tracking challenge involves putting yourself on a time limit to try and find Waldo within the most challenging and complex scenes in the entire book collection. Because the game consists in using your eyes, it’s a perfect opportunity to use the eye tracker to show your viewers where you’re looking.

What can make it fun is picking a particular strategy for finding Waldo and seeing how well you perform. It can be even more engaging for your live stream viewers to compare your approach to those employed by other content creators. Some say it’s comparable to augmented or virtual reality without specialized equipment.

What are the rules of the challenge?

The rules of the Where’s Waldo challenge are pretty straightforward. First, you must use pages from a Waldo book that you’ve never seen or completed before. It’s not a challenge if you know where he is already, right?

Your chosen pages need to be quite complex. As a rule of thumb, the smaller the characters look on the scene, the more complex the image. It is understandable that the video challenge feels like a maze game because it is a hidden object game. Google Maps won’t help you find Wally either!

Finally, you need to set a time limit.

We’ve chosen 2 minutes as it’s enough time to work your way through each scene several times while also putting enough pressure on you to make it all challenging. If you fail one scene, you can try a few more times, depending on its complexity.

Why should I do the Where’s Waldo Eye Tracker Video Challenge?

The most obvious reason for giving the Waldo eye tracker challenge a try is that it’s a fun live stream idea. It can be suspenseful for your audience to see if you’re going to make it within the time limit. Thanks to your Eyeware Beam eye tracker, it’s also easy for them to see where your eyes are looking so they can laugh when you’re getting it wrong.

The eye tracking challenge is also great for getting your other streamer and content creator friends involved. Once you complete it, you can call them out on social media to beat your record. You could even run collaborative live streams where you’re doing the challenge at the same time, head-to-head style. These types of streams almost always lead to new followers.