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InBloom

Sensing the invisible.
Blooming inner nature.

InBloom is an emotional-sensing phone case and digital garden system that turns personal signals into living, meaningful growth.

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01Brief

We feel,
but rarely truly
understand.

Invisible

Emotions don't always show, but constantly influence our lives.

Disconnected

We live in a digital world yet feel further from ourselves and nature.

Overwhelming

Stress, anxiety, and emotional noise lead to burnout and inner depletion.

02Opportunity

Sensing technology is becoming invisible. The experience of understanding our emotions is not.

Existing solutions are data-heavy, but hard to feel. InBloom redefines emotional technology.

InBloom combines warm emotion sensing with a poetic digital garden to create a new way to live and grow.

03AUser
Research
Published research · not our own interviews

The effort of recording.
The gap in understanding.

Published experiences of mood tracking reveal a tension between capturing meaningful moments, managing input effort and making sense of change.

2021 · interviews with 22 current or former mood-tracking app users[1] ↗
6/22interview participants mentioned this theme

One entry can miss important moments.

Six participants said a single daily entry may not capture their full emotional experience.

Qualitative finding

More entries also mean more effort.

Repeated input and reminders can make sustained tracking difficult. This is a qualitative finding, not a measured prevalence.

8/22interview participants mentioned this theme

People want to connect mood with context.

Eight participants discussed possible associations noticed through tracking. Associations do not establish causes.

Research findings → design directions to test

Capture meaningful moments
Reduce input effort
Keep context available for reflection
Candidate research audience · to validate

People with mood-tracking experience who encounter difficulties with ongoing recording or understanding their records.

Interview themes may overlap. These samples do not establish population rates, a target age group, or demand for a sensing phone case.

03BTechnical
Research
Published model results · not phone-case measurements

Why start by testing EDA?

Controlled research offers a basis for an EDA-first prototype. Performance during everyday phone use still requires independent validation.

Measured signalSkin conductance
Model estimatesValence / arousal · high or low

Recording starts with valid electrode contact. Stable, usable data and the required grip duration still need testing.

Same CLSP model · three physiological inputs

All three variants use paired-text supervision during training.

Valence

EDA + Text70.38%
PPG + Text64.74%
EDA + PPG + Text64.87%

Arousal

EDA + Text77.25%
PPG + Text69.91%
EDA + PPG + Text69.64%
EEVR, NeurIPS 2024, Table 3 · seed 43 · 15 epochs · no uncertainty intervals reported in this table.
37participants
296signal–text pairs
Controlled 360° VR videos
Leave-one-participant-out evaluation
Full metrics and experimental conditions
EEVR Table 3: CLSP physiological input variants with paired-text supervision
InputValenceArousal
AccuracyF1AccuracyF1
EDA + Text70.38%0.7377.25%0.81
PPG + Text64.74%0.6469.91%0.62
EDA + PPG + Text64.87%0.6069.64%0.64

Study method

37 healthy participants, ages 18–33; eight videos each, yielding 296 paired samples. This age range does not define InBloom’s audience.

Biopac MP36 + SS57LA; gel electrodes on the non-dominant index and middle fingers. Lab equipment, not the proposed case.

EDA statistics and skin conductance response features, including variance, entropy, peak counts and amplitudes.

A 3-minute initial baseline and videos lasting 80–209 seconds describe the study protocol, not a minimum phone-case grip time.

These are the paper’s reported values. Training settings and feature lists differ in parts of the supplement and current code; personal reproduction results need separate records.

Prototype direction

The EDA branch reports higher values in this experiment, supporting EDA as the first prototype to test.

Still to validate on the case

Usable data across grip durations; signal stability; performance on new users. No fixed grip time or 20-emotion accuracy is claimed.

Project progress: EEVR / FEEL model exploration reported; personal outputs await documentation. Case performance testing is not complete.

04System
Flow
Proposed product flow · not a connected service

One grip.
One garden record.

The case captures EDA, the phone manages the session, and the cloud estimates a state. One usable session becomes one editable record and flower.

Phone case

EDA/GSR module

Phone / App

Session, records and user control

Cloud

Analysis and history

01Phone / App

Two ways to begin

Automatic attemptStart from the App
02Phone case

Hold with valid contact

0–5 sContact wait
>5 sAccumulate analysis data
03Phone / App

Release to end

Both modes use one continuous grip as one session.

04Cloud

Check quality and model window

Usable dataInsufficient data
05ACloud

EDA processing and estimation

Clean → model inputs → valence / arousal estimate

05BPhone / App

Optional manual entry

If capture is insufficient, optionally add a self-reported state and context.

Source: self-report
06Phone / App

Create a record and flower

Use the estimate or self-report to create one record and flower. Later corrections or context update the same record.

Flower mapping is a product rule, not a model output class.

07Cloud

Save history in the cloud

Preserve records and garden results for later review.

Main record pathManual fallback

Follow the numbered nodes across the three devices.

The 5-second wait is a product setting, not a validated minimum for emotion inference. Usable duration and signal quality still require prototype testing.

History is saved. Cross-device review is VIP.

Current device

View records and correct or supplement an entry.

VIP

Cross-device access

VIP access to the same account’s saved history on another device.

VIP gates cross-device review, not capture, flower creation or manual corrections. Raw-signal retention and deletion rules remain to be defined.

Review the code and public data

Research references, not live APIs. No official hosted demo or Colab was found; scripts and weights require setup before deployment.

The candidate script expects a specified feature CSV and uses local model paths / CUDA. The product’s live capture, cloud history and VIP access are not provided by these repositories.

05Solution

InBloom System

A seamless union of sensing hardware and digital nature for inner growth.

EDA SensingEDA/GSR concept; capture quality awaits prototype testing
AI Insight & PersonalizationPatterns explained in your own language
Digital Garden & GrowthYour state, rendered as living flora
Mindful Guidance & CommunityGentle prompts, shared quietly
Privacy & ControlData processing and sharing under user control
Exterior study InBloom phone case in sage green, with diagonal textured bands, viewed at an angle 03 / 03
InBloom phone case · exterior render
06The App

Your Emotional Garden

A living reflection of who you are and how you feel.

Real-time MonitoringTrack physiological changes
Garden GrowthResponds to your state
AI Insight & RecommendationUnderstand what affects you
Community ConnectionShare, support, grow
Garden home screen with a pixel-art flower bed and a daily quote Tool screen showing arousal level and heart rate Monthly collection grid with an emotion breakdown Community feed of shared reflections Profile and friends settings panel
System integration

Present without demanding attention.

A widget and lock-screen surface keep the garden in view — glanceable, never notifying.

Home screen widget showing emotional state and collection progress Lock screen with the garden as wallpaper
07Flower
Index

One flower,
one emotion.

Yellow
Yellow Salvia — pixel-art illustration01

Yellow Salvia

Yellow Calendula — pixel-art illustration02

Yellow Calendula

Yellow Freesia — pixel-art illustration03

Yellow Freesia

Yellow Cosmos — pixel-art illustration04

Yellow Cosmos

Yellow Tulip — pixel-art illustration05

Yellow Tulip

Blue
Blue Bluebell — pixel-art illustration01

Blue Bluebell

Blue Forget-me-not — pixel-art illustration02

Blue Forget-me-not

Blue Iris — pixel-art illustration03

Blue Iris

Blue Cornflower — pixel-art illustration04

Blue Cornflower

Blue Hydrangea — pixel-art illustration05

Blue Hydrangea

Purple
Purple Stock — pixel-art illustration01

Purple Stock

Purple Passionflower — pixel-art illustration02

Purple Passionflower

Purple Larkspur — pixel-art illustration03

Purple Larkspur

Purple Thistle — pixel-art illustration04

Purple Thistle

Purple Lavender — pixel-art illustration05

Purple Lavender

Red
Red Spider Lily — pixel-art illustration01

Red Spider Lily

Red Renanthera — pixel-art illustration02

Red Renanthera

Red Fuchsia — pixel-art illustration03

Red Fuchsia

Red Dahlia — pixel-art illustration04

Red Dahlia

Red Lily — pixel-art illustration05

Red Lily

08Design
System

A quiet system, built to stay out of the way.

Colors

Deep Forest
#0A110D
Moss
#1B2C23
Sage
#5E7566
Mist
#A9C4AE
Mist White
#F5F7F5

Typography

AaAa

Playfair Display — headings
Inter Light / Regular / Medium — body & UI

Data & UI Elements

ButtonDisabled

Icons & Grid

8px spacing system · 8-column grid

09Closing

Feel. Sense.
Understand. Bloom.

InBloom is more than technology. It is a companion for self-understanding, helping us live in balance with ourselves and the world.

Let's grow together: Get in touch →
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