Health and fitness data is being tracked everywhere these days, but can one really make sense of this data? Graphs and charts don’t convey the full story. So, how might we visualise the available health data in a more motivating way?

A mirror is the metaphor for self reflection and is an every day object. We imagined a mirror which gathers data from fitness trackers like fitbits, smartwatches, smartphones, etc and visualises the future health directly on a person’s body while looking at the mirror.

In a way, it accelerates the time to see your future self staring back at you. Today’s habits shape tomorrow’s image. Daily choices of diet, exercise, stress, smoking, and more have an impact one can see. This mirror augments one’s reflection with visual predictions of future health, made possible by extrapolating the health data from fitness devices and smartphones.

Process

For prototyping we used a one way film to make the reflective surface, face recognition and image processing were used to calculate and visualise health.

The prototype was exhibited at two events and was well received.

Coverage

The project got featured by PFSK, IEEE, Design Works and other websites.

 

Credits

This project was a part of the Enchanted objects course, taught by David Rose and Adrian Westaway at CIID. My team included Andreas Refsgaard, Line Birgitte and Riccardo Cereser. Here is a process video: