Japan city proposes two-hour daily smartphone limit
A Japanese city will urge all smartphone users to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school under a proposed ordinance that includes no penalties. The limit — which will be recommended for all residents in central Japan’s Toyoake City — will not be binding and there will be no penalties […]
New app enables real-time, full-body motion capture using a smartphone
A new app has been demonstrated to perform effective real-time, full-body motion capture and 3D human translation with a smartphone. Researchers (Northwestern University engineers) unveiled the app at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (held in Pittsburgh, U.S.). The app is called MobilePoser and it is designed to make motion capture technology more accessible. This is achieved […]