[HN Gopher] Show HN: Created macOS app to help you keep your dis...
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Show HN: Created macOS app to help you keep your distance from your
screen
Hey everyone, If you're anything like me, you spend a good chunk
of your day (and night) on your computer. I often find that when
I'm zoned in, my posture gets worse and worse and my face ends up
being really close to the screen. And over a course of a workday,
when I finally unplug, my eyes have a hard time focusing on things
that are far away. This has become a big enough problem for me that
I decided to create an app to help me keep my face far enough from
the screen. Now, I could've gone with a simple notification with a
timer built into it but, as with all reminder notification, they
soon become noise for me and I end up just dismissing it. I needed
something to actively force me to move back. Which is where
FarSight comes in. It uses your camera to gauge your distance and
blurs the entire screen if it detects that you are getting close
enough for a certain period of time. I made it so that it won't be
extremely annoying and disruptive (e.g. blurring the screen every
time you cross the line) but just enough of a nuisance to be
helpful. I've been using it everyday since creating it and it's
definitely helped me with eye strain, double vision, and
surprisingly, my posture as well. I'm not sure if I'll keep it
free forever but I wanted to release it first to ask for feedback.
I only have the app in MacOS so if it has enough interest, I'll
invest into making Windows counterpart.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/farsight-restore-your-eyes/id6...
Also, in case anyone is wondering, no data is collected and the
snapshots during the app's usage are not saved but only used to
calculate the distance.
Author : sparkhee93
Score : 7 points
Date : 2025-10-09 20:27 UTC (2 hours ago)
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