UP2U: Program for raising awareness of phubbing problem with stimulating social interaction in public using augmented reality and computer vision

`UP2U' project has an objective to create awareness of phubbing behavior in today society. `UP2U' is an interactive installation application which is designed to be set up in an indoor waiting area. The system has an objective to raises people awareness of their phubbing behavior and encourage them to have more interpersonal communication with each other. It was implemented using computer vision and augmented reality techniques. By conducting the experiments in both the lab and the real indoor public waiting area, we found the system demonstrates high accuracy of head tracking, face direction estimation, and gender classification. Moreover, the system has promising social impact to the phubbing society.