"Sleep Tracker" will stop playing even if you fall asleep while watching the video

When I watched rented DVD late at night I fell asleep and I did not know how far I watched, so after all from the very beginning ... ... like this "Falling asleepI think that many people have experienced. It is easy to say "I can stop before going to sleep", it is easy to sleep in the first place, so you do not have to hope to stop the DVD yourself. In that case it is only necessary to leave it to the machine,Sleep Tracker"is.

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You can see how Sleep Tracker works by looking at the following movie.

Sleep Tracker - Netflix Hack Day - February 2014 - YouTube


Watching movies in the dark room in the late night ......


Indeed, it seems that you have been asleep with the movie playing.


At the bottom right of the screen, icons like Pikopiko and others are displayed.


Then, the screen that was being reflected ......


It became dark.


And it is displayed on the screen as "I seemed to have fallen asleep!"


The next morning, the woman who had fallen asleep woke up and became a sofa in the living room.


On the TV screen, we offer video on demand service in the USANetflixThe menu screen is displayed.


Pochi with a remote control on the TV.


When I select a movie I was watching last night ......


The "ZZZ" mark is displayed at the upper left of the icon.


The progress bar showing the playing situation also seems to stop on the way.


Below the part that says "Where do you play from?" Is displayed "Sleep Bookmark" side by side in the "previous bookmark". Select this button and click it to resume from where you fell asleep.


Netflix shown on the screen is a pioneer in the online DVD rental service in the US, and now it is based on the InternetVideo on DemandA company that provides services. "Netflix is ​​implementing it internally"Netflix Hack Day"It was Sleep Tracker who was chosen the best in.

To sense the user's sleep,SoftBank HealthcareIt is also used as an activity quantity sensor of programsFitbitIt is a sensor of.

Fitbit
https://www.fitbit.com/jp


The following movie is also one of the ideas exhibited at Netflix Hack Day, making it easy to input characters from the game machine controller such as PlayStationRadialThis is the interface idea. Netflix Hack Day is an event that Netflix conducts annually so that employees can make innovative ideas without being caught by common sense, and the best selection among them is not always commercialized However, as with these services, it seems that things that are likely to be available immediately are gathered as well.

Radial - Netflix Hack Day - February 2014 - YouTube