UGA
Smart yoga mat
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Uga is a smart yoga mat system that enable user to practice yoga alone.
Uga is a mat+ an app. It records your movement and link it to a database which you can view in the tablet, also Uga have recommendation function so that it can pick suitable postures for you. |
TypeProduct Design
User interaction Design Group Project |
RoleIdeation
3d Model Building Rendering Graphic illustration |
Overview
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The Yoga experience today has become generally far away from its source.
Today's Yoga is usually being done in a gym, with a group of people; the purpose of Yoga is mainly for relaxation or purely physical training.
According to it's Hindu original, Yoga is a spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, is including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures.
Today's Yoga is usually being done in a gym, with a group of people; the purpose of Yoga is mainly for relaxation or purely physical training.
According to it's Hindu original, Yoga is a spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, is including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures.
Product
Research
We asked the texters from different gender and build to perform several different Yoga post to test what range do they use in a Yoga mat.
Throughout the test, it turns out that basic Yoga posture have similarities that enables the team to conclude into a graphic on the mat. By placing them on the yoga, the user get constantly hints related to their posture.
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Using pressure sensor technology, Uga enables detection of pressure on top of the mat, so the mat "Knows" what your actual posture is.
A kinect motion sensor is installed in the front of the Mat enables to detect arms and head position for more accurate measurement.
There're pressure sensor pedal also located in the front of the mat, when In a session, the User can chose to pause or resume or to start another session.
