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I Let an AI Orb Judge My Facial Expressions While I Code, and Here's What Happened
TL;DR: A developer tries AURA, a desktop AR orb that watches your face and your tabs and passes judgment on your coding session. The experience is slow, opinionated, and largely unhelpful, highlighting the oddity of turning a passive observer into a personality-driven UI.
AURA is a desktop companion that floats on top of windows, watches your webcam, and judges your expressions and open tabs. It aims to provide a sentient-sounding interface but mainly critiques rather than assists. The initial launch is hampered by a long startup that imports multiple heavy tools before doing anything useful. Its UI behavior resembles a judgmental nature documentary rather than actionable feedback, with color changes signaling focus or stress. The piece uses a humorous, slightly exasperated tone to critique the product’s design choices and user experience.
Question for the room: What was your experience integrating a monitoring UI or ambient assistant into your development workflow, and did it improve or hinder productivity?
— via dev.to
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