An experimental new dieting technology uses augmented reality to
make food items appear larger than they really are In tests of
the system using 12 subjects, the amount eaten dropped by about
10 percent when the food was made to appear one and a half times
larger A deformation algorithm makes users' hands appear to be
opened wider, as if they're naturally holding the larger piece
of food You might think that your feeling of satiation when
eating is due simply to your stomach filling up. According to
the Hirose Tanikawa Group at the University of Tokyo, however,
the visual perception of food also has something to do with it –
the greater the amount of food that a person sees that they’re
eating, the sooner they feel full. With that in mind, the team
has created a prototype dieting system that uses augmented
reality to trick people into thinking their food items are
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