FocusBuddy: Encouraging Healthy Desk-Work Habits by Caring for a Virtual Pet on a Water Bottle
FocusBuddy, a proof-of-concept fabric case that wraps a standard water bottle and houses a microcontroller, environmental sensors, and a small display showing a virtual pet, is presented, suggesting that wellness prompts must respect focused work and that pet neglect can convert a wellness prompt into a source of guilt...