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Resume Playback.
When you're ready to get back to the class, either because you asked your
teacher to Wait a Sec or because you asked here "How's This Look?"
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How's This Look?
We're not judging. PIVOT Yoga will never offer feedback unless you ask for it.
But if you don't ask for it, by saying "How's This Look", PIVOT Yoga will take you out of the class and
into a mode that directly compares your pose to the teacher's. At that point the teacher will
automagically suggest an alignment change, if needed. You can also visually inspect your alignment
by noting that your pose is superimposed on the teacher's. If you can see part of the teacher's body,
it likely means you're not totally matching her pose. (We normalize your avatar with hers so that
the only difference is the yoga.)
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Rotate Camera.
In pose comparison mode, saying "Rotate Camera" enables us to show a different
view of your pose (and the teacher's). Each view is numbered, and the command rotates clockwise,
one at a time, among the views. Note that when you ask "How's This Look", we automatically take
you to the view that is best for seeing the alignment issue that's being discussed.
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Quality Check.
If at any point you feel like your avatar is not reflecting your movement properly,
you can call this command, and follow the instructions. We'll run a little mini-check that takes about
5 seconds and that is quite likely to fix the problem. If it doesn't, you may have a different issue, like
a poor calibration, or wearing the clothes in a way we didn't expect, or even defective clothes.
Hope this helps. Oh and btw, if you're in a class, you can always just say
"A Little Help!"
and you'll get a
list of these commands as well.
What is calibration?
Behind the scenes, our clothes and app are working together to present a virtual avatar of you on screen
so you can see what your asanas look like. This technology is often referred to as motion capture, and
Hollywood studios use it all the time to create special effects. You may not have thought that on-screen
dinosaurs and yoga had much in common, but in a way they do, now!
Every motion capture system strives to be accurate, and so must calibrate itself, the same as you might
do with a scale in your bathroom, kitchen, or mailroom at the office. For traditional motion capture
systems, that process is complicated, painful, and usually requires a few experts on hand. PIVOT Yoga's
calibration process, on the other hand, just asks you to do a few yoga-like poses and we handle the rest.
Many of our early users report that the calibration process, which takes a minute or two, is a helpful,
relaxing way to transition from their daily routine into their practice.
