Smartphone Users: Record Routine Household Activities (on Personal Smartphone)

What you'll do

You film yourself doing ordinary chores and routines at home. Your own smartphone sits in a forehead mount, which Terac provides, so the video shows the task from your point of view. You then upload the files to Terac's platform for review. Tasks can be done asynchronously at your own pace.

Terac says the first-person footage is used to understand human movement and task execution at home, improving spatial awareness and activity recognition models. This is data collection, not annotation, so no expertise is needed.

Who fits

• Anyone comfortable recording their normal home routines
• Owns a smartphone and can use the forehead mount for stable footage
• A typical household environment and the ability to follow recording instructions reliably

No location, language or experience requirement is stated.

What it pays

$5 per hour, the figure on the listing. The ad does not say whether the hour counts only recorded time or also setup and upload, so expect the effective rate to depend on how you are paid for that.

Worth knowing

Good:

• No expertise needed
• Flexible, work from home
• Mount supplied by Terac

Less good:

• Lowest rate among Terac's current AI-related studies
• You are filming the inside of your home, so think about privacy: who and what is visible
• Uploads take time and your own phone storage and data
• The ad does not say how many hours are available or how shipping of the mount works

About this listing

The Apply button opens this study on Terac; you sign in or create a Terac account there to apply. The listing runs until 14 November 2026. See Terac.