Focus Buddy

About

This is an application using user's webcam and a machine learning model to detect when users look away from the screen (lose focus). If users are classified as looking away for roughly 3 seconds, the application will alert users with a funny sound and visual warning (a meme) to tell users to get back to work.

 These are features that I implemented:
- Real-time iris tracking using MediaPipe FaceMesh
- Machine Learning classification using a binary classifier SVM
- Alert system with custom sounds and memes
- Animated cat mascot that reacts to different focus state (either focused or not focused)
- Live statistics part showing data such as left_v and right_v, which are the vertical iris offset ratios for left eyes and right eyes, including other information that was mainly used to check if the extension works
- On/off tracking toggle, users take full control of turning on or off

Users can use it by:
- Click Start Tracking in the pop up
- Allow camera access when required
- Just work normally on their screen, Focus Buddy runs in the background
- If they look away for too long, they get an alert
- Users can look back at the screen for roughly 2-3 seconds for the warning to go off

I made this program based on my personal habits that I think lots of people have: the feeling to pick up the phone and start surfing social media, losing focus on current task. I think this could be a program to help users focus more and gain more productivity.

Disclaimer: All processing happens on the device locally. This program does not store or transmit any user's data.