AstigMate (2026)
A desktop astigmatism monitoring device utilizing computer vision and machine learning techniques for high-screen-time professionals.
Project Overview
Project Summary
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Tech Stack
Machine Learning: LoRA fine-tuning, EED-Astig dataset + self-collected adult dataset
UX/UI Design: Figma
Acknowledgements
This project is a personal, non-commercial exploration. No part of this work is intended for commercial use, clinical application, or professional medical diagnosis.
I have read and agree to the terms of the EED-Astig Data Use Agreement (DUA) 1.0.0 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17231120). I will use the data solely for non-commercial research purposes and will not attempt to re-identify any participant.
All self-collected image data were obtained with explicit informed consent from each individual. Sensitive or personally identifiable information of participants will not be displayed.
Problem Framing
Personal Story
In the span of 1 year working as a UX designer after my graduation, my daily screen time rapidly climbed past 10 hours, with at least 8 of those spent staring at Claude sessions, Figma frames, Slack threads, and endless browser tabs. Consequently, my astigmatism went from zero to -0.5D (left) and -1.25D (right).
What’s worse than my own prescription is that eye strain has become silently accepted as an “occupational hazard” among the professionals in the tech industry. And the AI era hasn’t eased it at all. What people stare at has shifted from GUIs to agentic Web UIs, IDEs, or CLIs; yet even as AI reduces much of the tedious cognitive load, the strain on their eyes has never diminished.
Problem Scope
In the span of 1 year working as an "AI-native" UX designer after my graduation, my daily screen time rapidly climbed past 10 hours, with at least 8 of those spent staring at Claude sessions, Figma frames, Slack threads, and endless browser tabs. Consequently, my astigmatism went from zero to -0.5D (left) and -1.25D (right).
What’s worse than my own prescription is that eye strain has become silently accepted as an “occupational hazard” among the professionals in the tech industry. And the AI era hasn’t eased it at all. What people stare at has shifted from GUIs to agentic Web UIs, IDEs, or CLIs; yet even as AI reduces much of the tedious cognitive load, the strain on their eyes has never diminished.
Technical Solution
Data Collection
In the span of 1 year working as an "AI-native" UX designer after my graduation, my daily screen time rapidly climbed past 10 hours, with at least 8 of those spent staring at Claude sessions, Figma frames, Slack threads, and endless browser tabs. Consequently, my astigmatism went from zero to -0.5D (left) and -1.25D (right).
What’s worse than my own prescription is that eye strain has become silently accepted as an “occupational hazard” among the professionals in the tech industry. And the AI era hasn’t eased it at all. What people stare at has shifted from GUIs to agentic Web UIs, IDEs, or CLIs; yet even as AI reduces much of the tedious cognitive load, the strain on their eyes has never diminished.
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