Phone Motion Stream Server

This is a simple node.js server that sets up a real-time stream between a mobile phone's accelerometer and gyroscope data to the server. The phone connects through its browser, after which the data is transfered over a websocket connection.

Installation

Make sure you have the following

• node.js installed. When using Windows, make sure to reboot your PC after installation.
• This project in a folder on your PC or Mac. (Download using the [Download ZIP] button on the right of this page.)

Usage

Start the server

• Open a console (Terminal in OS X, cmd in Windows)
• Navigate to the server directory (using cd). The server directory is the folder downloaded from here and includes the server.js file.
• Start the server by typing node server.js.

Set up the connection

• Make sure your phone and computer are connected to the same network.
• Grab your phone and navigate to the webpage indicated by the server when started.
• Enter a unique ID for the measurement and start streaming!
• The data collected will end up in data/[id]-(motion|orientation).txt