AR Technology that Makes Food Look Bigger so Your Waist Doesn’t [Video]

[AsahinaKimi]

Here’s some high-tech help to keep you on that diet of yours. “Augmented Satiety” is augmented reality technology that limits a user’s consumption of food by changing the apparent size of the meal item. According to the makers of the device, recent psychological studies have shown that the amount of food consumed is not only influenced by actual volume but also external factors. They deduced that if we eat something that looks larger we are convinced that we’re full sooner than if we eat smaller looking food.

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[surrealAmerican]

1. Isn't this the whole point behind rice cakes:

They look big, but are mostly air, tricking you into thinking you've eaten more than you actually have.