Augmented Reality System Curbs Your Appetite By Making You Think You’ve Eaten Larger Portions

If you ’re trying to shed a few Ezra Pound but are having a hell of a time with component control , researchers at the University of Tokyo have created aclever augment reality systemfor dieters . A head - mounted display make it appear as if you ’re eat larger portions , which helps arse around your creative thinker into believe you ’re full .

Custom image processing software package allow the sizing of the solid food the wearer ’s holding to be amplify without colour the size or shape of their hand . And in exam involving 12 participants it was chance that increasing the size of the food , even as little as 1.5X , resulted in about 10 percent less being wipe out . But when the intellectual nourishment come out to be two - thirds smaller , the amount eaten increased by a surprising 15 pct .

So if you ’re battling the bulge all you need is a hula - hoop sized Oreo for breakfast and you should palpate full the rest of the day . [ DigInfo television receiver ]