For the purpose of egocentric data collection, a wearable, lightweight autonomous mobile recording platform, compatible with social usage was developed. The platform has to be operated by a single walking operator, posses a minimum autonomy of three hours, be sufficiently small to fit in a 10 liter backpack, and have a control interface that can be operated with one hand. The camera of the platform has to be binocular, with a speed of acquisition of at least 15 frames per second (FPS), have a fast Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and a high speed interface to the onboard computer that collate and stores the data. For the purposes of the navigational dataset, sound recording is not required.

In order to mitigate sudden, unpredictable rotational movements that can occur while the sensors are wore on the head of the operator, a chest mount for the camera was selected.