Processing for Android: Create Mobile, Sensor-aware, and XR Applications Using Processing

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A. ColubriProcessing for Androidhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9585-4_12

12. Visualizing Physical Activity

Andrés Colubri¹  

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University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA

 

In this chapter, we will go over some of the body sensors available on smartwatches, and wearable devices in general, and will learn a few techniques that we have at our disposal to read and use data from these sensors in real time.

Body Sensors

We can find body sensors in many kinds of wearable devices, especially in fitness trackers designed for personal monitoring of physical activity. These devices are often complemented with mobile apps that help the users track their progress ...