Head-Mounted Data Collection: Required Recording Guidelines

Core Rules

Every recording must:

• Show a real household task being performed.
• Use a real sink, dishwasher, or washing machine — not buckets, basins, or staged substitutes.
• Be recorded from a head-mounted, hands-free first-person view.
• Keep your hands and the task clearly visible.
• Show one clear task from start to finish.
• Be well-lit, steady, and easy to follow.
• Be performed at a normal, natural pace.
• Show real activity, not a screen, replayed video, black screen, or camera sitting still.
• Be different enough from your other submissions to add useful variety.
• Orient the camera correctly -- hands should be on the bottom side of the video when the phone is in landscape mode.
• Show only the person performing the task — no other people in frame.
• Be recorded fully clothed.

Good task examples include washing dishes, folding laundry, wiping a table, sweeping, mopping, preparing food, organizing items, taking out trash, cleaning a counter, or putting items away.

What Not To Do

Do not submit videos where:

• No real household task is being performed.
• Other people appear in the frame.
• The camera is sitting still on the floor, table, counter, or another surface.
• The video is black, blocked, blurry, or pointed away from the task.
• You replace tools or electric appliances with buckets, basins, or staged substitutes.
• You are recording a YouTube video, another screen, or someone else's video.
• You are using your phone, watching TV, or doing unrelated activities.
• You move very slowly, linger, or stretch the task longer than needed.
• You repeat the same action without clear purpose, such as wiping the same object over and over after it is already clean.
• You jump between unrelated tasks without finishing one clear task.
• Your hands or the task are not visible for long periods (more than a few seconds).
• You submit many videos that all look the same.
• You submit videos where the phone is upside down.
• You hold your arms up unnecessarily while walking around — hands only need to be visible while performing the task.

Immediate Removal

Any clear attempt to cheat the process, fake a video, or prolong a task to increase recorded hours may result in immediate removal from the project.

This includes:

• Recording a screen, YouTube video, or someone else's video instead of performing the task yourself.
• Submitting fake, edited, staged, misleading, or replayed footage.
• Letting the camera sit still while no real task is happening.
• Submitting black, blocked, or unusable videos.
• Performing a task extremely slowly or adding unnecessary repeated actions to extend the recording time.
• Repeatedly using buckets, basins, or staged substitutes instead of normal household sinks, dishwashers, or washing machines.
• Repeating the same motion without clear purpose or progress, such as wiping the same object over and over after it is already clean.
• Submitting videos where no real household task is being performed.

We review submissions for these issues. Attempts to submit fake, replayed, static-camera, or intentionally prolonged videos can be detected and may result in removal from the project.

How To Make A Strong Video

A strong video should look like a normal person naturally completing a real household chore.

For example, if you are washing dishes, show the full task: placing dishes in the sink, washing them, rinsing them, and putting them away or placing them to dry.

Do not stretch the task. Do not add random movements. Do not keep doing the same action just to make the video longer.

Task Variety

Please submit a variety of household tasks. Do not submit only folding videos, only wiping videos, or only dishwashing videos.

Try to include different chores such as cleaning, organizing, preparing food, sweeping, mopping, putting groceries away, or tidying a room.

Minor Quality Issues

Some issues may not result in immediate removal, but they can still cause your video to be rejected or affect your eligibility if they happen repeatedly.

Examples include:

• Poor lighting.
• Slightly unclear framing.
• Video that is too short, especially under 2 minutes.
• Limited task variety.
• Moving somewhat slower than normal.
• Hands or task not staying clearly visible.
• Blurry or shaky footage.

If you receive feedback, please apply it to future recordings.

Before You Submit

Ask yourself:

• Is this a real household task?
• Can reviewers clearly see my hands and the task?
• Does the video show the task from start to finish?
• Is the task performed naturally, without slowing down or stretching it?
• Is the video well-lit and easy to follow?
• Is this different enough from my other videos?
• Am I avoiding screens, phone use, TV, and unrelated activity?

If the answer is no to any of these, do not submit the video.