SIGCHI: Magic Mirror - Embodied Interactions for the Quantified Self

Abstract

Over the past few years, there has been a tremendous advancement in fitness tracking systems such as pedometers and heart rate monitors; and collecting and interacting with personal health or wellness data, is a growing research topic within the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) community. While fitness tracking systems have advanced into on-body sensing modalities, the process of data reporting and intervention is still largely done through mobile and web applications, using traditional methods of data visualization such as graphs and charts. This has resulted in a disconnect between data and its context. This work-in-progress, "Magic Mirror", explores how to retrieve and visualize health data using the body as a reference frame.