Difference between revisions of "Oura Ring"

Revision as of 12:42, 29 October 2021

Tool Infobox
Related topics	HRV (Heart Rate Variability)
Linked pages on this wiki	Projects (4), People (2)

What is this tool and what can be done with it?

The Oura Ring is a wearable that is worn on a finger as a ring which tracks sleep, activity and readiness. Since 2013 there have been three different versions of the ring, with the latest version (v3) being launched in November 2021. At the same time they changed their business model, requiring a monthly subscription for access to all metrics recorded.

While the sensor set of the rings have changed over the versions, generally they contain an accelerometer, a temperature sensor as well as an optical heart rate sensor. From these sensors the Oura calculates the following metrics:

Differences between models

Metrics provided

Heart rate related: Resting Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability, Respiratory Rate
Body Temperature (relative changes, not absolute)
Sleep (total sleep, sleep phases throughout the night)
Activity (calorie burn, steps, walking distance 'equivalent')

Exporting data

As for most wearables, there is unfortunately no (easy) way to access all raw data from the device. But Oura offers a way to download at least all of your calculated metrics from the Oura Cloud web interface. Beyond this, they also offer an API to automate access to Oura data in third party tools. An example implementation is the Oura integration into Open Humans, which automatically fetches the latest data at multiple times throughout the day.

Linked content on this wiki

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Projects that use this tool
A heuristic for feeling fine, Impact of work-related stress, Sleep recordings: Oura vs Fitbit, What does clustering tell us

Self researchers who used this tool
ErikBjare, Gedankenstuecke Gedankenstuecke, Gedankenstuecke, Gedankenstuecke, Gedankenstuecke

We talked about this tool in the following meetings
2021-12-02 Self-Research Chat, 2022-05-19 Self-Research Chat, 2022-07-28 Self-Research Chat, 2022-09-22 Self-Research Chat, 2022-12-01 Self-Research Chat, 2022-12-15 Self-Research Chat

Users interested in this tool (add your name to the list below!)

Gedankenstuecke (talk)

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+As for most wearables, there is unfortunately no (easy) way to access all raw data from the device. But Oura offers a way to [https://cloud.ouraring.com/profile download at least all of your calculated metrics from the ''Oura Cloud'' web interface]. Beyond this, they also offer an API to automate access to Oura data in third party tools. An example implementation is the [https://oura.openhumans.org/ ''Oura'' integration into Open Humans], which automatically fetches the latest data at multiple times throughout the day.
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 ===Users interested in this tool (add your name to the list below!)===
 [[User:Gedankenstuecke|Gedankenstuecke]] ([[User talk:Gedankenstuecke|talk]])