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Observed arrival · 2026-09-14

HeadOrbit Turns AirPods Head Tracking Into a Mac Utility

headorbit.com Observed source
Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

An open-source macOS menu bar app that uses AirPods head tracking to blur the screen when you look away and remind you when you slouch.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-14 issue.

Field notes

The app establishes a personal baseline through one-click calibration, then compares live head angles against a tunable threshold and delay. Its two visible behaviors are deliberately narrow: blur the full screen while leaving the menu bar reachable, and issue a slow posture prompt that can be snoozed with Esc. The project supports macOS 14+, works with one earbud, and identifies which earbud is streaming. The source is presented as a few hundred lines of Swift under the MIT license.

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◎NicheUnusually specific use

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