Created macOS app to help you keep your distance from your screen
Hey everyone, If you're anything like me, you spend a good chunk of your day (and night) on your computer. I often find that when I'm zoned in, my posture gets worse and worse and my face ends up being really close to the screen. And over a course of a workday, when I finally unplug, my eyes have a hard time focusing on things that are far away. This has become a big enough problem for me that I decided to create an app to help me keep my face far enough from the screen. Now, I could've gone with a simple notification with a timer built into it but, as with all reminder notification, they…
In plain words
FarSight is a macOS application that monitors screen distance using the camera to encourage better posture and eye health. When it detects a user's face too close to the screen for an extended period, it blurs the entire display to force them to move back. Designed for people who spend long hours at computers and experience eye strain or posture problems from leaning in, the app takes a more active approach than typical reminder notifications.
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In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey everyone, If you're anything like me, you spend a good chunk of your day (and night) on your computer. I often find that when I'm zoned in, my posture gets worse and worse and my face ends up being really close to the screen. And over a course of a workday, when I finally unplug, my eyes have a hard time focusing on things that are far away. This has become a big enough problem for me that I decided to create an app to help me keep my face far enough from the screen. Now, I could've gone with a simple notification with a timer built into it but, as with all reminder notification, they soon become noise for me and I end up just dismissing it. I needed something to actively force me to move back. Which is where FarSight comes in. It uses your camera to gauge your distance and blurs the entire screen if it detects that you are getting close enough for a certain period of time. I made it so that it won't be extremely annoying and disruptive (e.g. blurring the screen every time you cross the line) but just enough of a nuisance to be helpful. I've been using it everyday since creating it and it's definitely helped me with eye strain, double vision, and surprisingly, my posture as well. I'm not sure if I'll keep it free forever but I wanted to release it first to ask for feedback. I only have the app in MacOS so if it has enough interest, I'll invest into making Windows counterpart. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/farsight-restore-your-eyes/id6... Also, in case anyone is wondering, no data is collected and the snapshots during the app's usage are not saved but only used to calculate the distance.
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