Seeing It from Other Eyes

This paper argues that first-person data-video, audio, and other data that is recorded from the research participants' point of view through wearable technology-affords new possibilities for anthropology and the social sciences to capture and work with longitudinal, immersive, behavioral data at scale. We position first-person data capture as an ethnographic method, complimentary and adjacent to others. Collecting detailed data on what people see, hear and experience through wearable technology opens a new way of understanding people, communities, and societies that has the potential to fundamentally change the social sciences as researchers gain access to nuanced, real-time interactions and behaviors. We also show the value of ethnography in informing the development of wearable technology, as well as engineering and research to develop next-generation technology across areas like computer vision and foundational AI. The paper draws on a series of projects the authors conducted for Meta Reality Labs Research during 2018-2024, which resulted in 1000+ hours of first-person footage that were analyzed alongside participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and diary studies

Ethnography · Sociology · Anthropology · Data Analysis and Archiving · Medicine · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Optometry

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