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A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Re: A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Post by MengerSponge »

jasonjmcghee wrote: post #21

I'm not sure how you can use a laptop with good posture. An external monitor at the right height seems like a necessity. I'm also optimistic about monitors in the form of glasses- even less effort needed to set yourself up for perfect posture. But the sweet spot problem is still very much a thing from what I've seen- can't wait until it's normal for them to have eye tracking, foveated rendering and streaming, and be…

My dog could, but a person with adult proportions probably can't. For long-term use, a stand+KB is the only solution I know of

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/86285180/the-roost-savi...

It's too bad that nobody on the Surface team has managed to crack this! I'd be much more interested in one if they had.

Re: A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Post by avalys »

You can measure my productivity by how slouched I am.

Sitting up straight at my desk, chair locked, perfect posture? I’m doing nothing, maybe looking through System Preferences to change the system highlight color.

Sliding down in my chair like jelly, with my shoulders where my butt should be and my head resting on the lumbar support? I’m building the next iPhone and it’ll be done by 2 AM.

Re: A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Post by jasonjmcghee »

duckruu wrote: post #36
jasonjmcghee wrote: post #21

I'm not sure how you can use a laptop with good posture. An external monitor at the right height seems like a necessity. I'm also optimistic about monitors in the form of glasses- even less effort needed to set yourself up for perfect posture. But the sweet spot problem is still very much a thing from what I've seen- can't wait until it's normal for them to have eye tracking, foveated rendering and streaming, and be…

My Apple Vision Pro has all that, and it’s perfect for posture when using a MacBook.

Yeah- this and the upcoming steam frame seem like the best options today.

There's something very attractive for me personally about the sunglasses form factor.

Safer in public, draws less attention, more portable, less headset fatigue, etc.

But obviously trading quality and features.

Also AVP is like $3k, steam frame will probably be $800+, xreal are like half that

Re: A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Post by esskay »

hypeatei wrote: post #39
esskay wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Totally a tangent here but it amazes me how a company as big as Herman Miller could screw a product page up so much by not even having a picture of the damn product.

Something might be wrong with your client (ad-blocker, NoScript maybe?) because there a ton of pictures on that page.

Ha, yep you're right. How bizarre, wasn't a browser ad block, it was adguard dns blocking a ton of tracking scripts needed to show the images.

Re: A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

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Post by kneel »

This is cool, I built something similar a while back. I originally wanted the screen to dim when I slouched but I couldn't get access to dimming on OSX. I ended up just playing a noise when I slouched. It became so distracting I stopped using it.

The blurring of the screen is a much better idea.

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