Western commercial environment · Beauty & Personal Care
Hair Salon, Barbershop & Beauty Studio Egocentric Data Collection
- Sector
- Beauty & Personal Care
- Tasks listed
- 14
- Status
- 9 active collection, 2 ready to deploy, 3 available on request
- Capture
- Phone (head-mounted) / multiview rig
Environment
What does the hair salon, barbershop & beauty studio environment cover?
Typical settings: Hair salon, barbershop, nail studio, beauty spa -- cutting, coloring, styling, nail treatments, workspace sanitation. Each recording shows the worker's hands, tools and the objects they handle from their own point of view, in the layouts and with the equipment used in Western beauty & personal care work.
The environment sits in the Beauty & Personal Care sector of the commercial catalog. A spec can take the listed tasks as-is, narrow them, or add tasks the list does not name.
Tasks
Which hair salon, barbershop & beauty studio tasks can be captured?
Every task in the catalog for this environment, with its skill level and current status.
| Task | What is recorded | Skill | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 distinct tasks listed = 3,600+ hrs under the 50 hr/task cap, expandable well beyond via new task definitions per site | [[REMOVE: not a task -- planning note carried over from an internal sheet]] | Easy | Active collection |
| Cut and style hair using scissors, clippers, and combs | Section the hair, cut with scissors and clippers and style it with combs and dryer. | Hard | Active collection |
| Hair coloring | Mix colour, section the hair, apply with brush and foils, time and rinse. | Hard | Active collection |
| Hair Cutting & Styling | Cutting, washing, blow-drying and styling hair in a salon or barbershop. | Hard | Active collection |
| Hair styling | Blow-dry, curl or straighten hair and finish with brushes, irons and products. | Medium | Active collection |
| Nail treatments | File, buff and paint nails and apply gel or acrylic treatments under a lamp. | Medium | Active collection |
| Shape and polish nails using files, buffers, and polish | File nails to shape, buff the surface and apply polish in even coats. | Medium | Active collection |
| Wash and blow-dry hair using shampoo stations and a blow dryer | Shampoo and condition hair at the basin, towel dry and blow-dry with a round brush. | Medium | Active collection |
| Workspace sanitation | Sweep hair, disinfect tools and chairs and wipe down the station between clients. | Easy | Active collection |
| Beauty Services / Personal Care | Personal care work spanning skincare, nail care and grooming services. | Medium | Ready to deploy |
| Manicure & Pedicure Service | Soak, file and shape nails, tend cuticles and apply base, colour and top coat. | Medium | Ready to deploy |
| Basic Skin & Beauty Treatments | Facial cleansing, moisturizing, exfoliation, foot spa and waxing treatments. | Medium | Available on request |
| Eyelash & Eyebrow Services | Lash extension, tinting, shaping and brow styling services. | Hard | Available on request |
| Makeup Application | Professional makeup application in a salon or studio. | Medium | Available on request |
Capture setup
How is hair salon, barbershop & beauty studio work captured?
| Setup | How it works | Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Phone (head-mounted) / multiview rig | A head-mounted phone records the first-person view of real work on site; a multiview rig adds synchronized third-person angles when the spec asks for them. | 14 |
On the rig tier, every stream is aligned to a shared clock and checked at the sync gate before an hour is billed. See capture for the hardware.
Status
What does each status mean?
| Status | Meaning | Tasks here |
|---|---|---|
| Active collection | Recording in this environment is running now, so a spec can join an existing capture stream. | 9 |
| Ready to deploy | Contributors and site access are set up; capture starts once a spec is signed. | 2 |
| Available on request | Scoped and recruited to spec when a buyer asks for it. | 3 |
Western markets
Which Western markets are recruited for hair salon, barbershop & beauty studio capture?
Contributors are recruited to spec in Western program markets, so the footage reflects how this work is done in North American and European businesses. Country pages list the legal basis and status for each market.
Delivery
How is the data delivered?
Footage is delivered in RLDS, LeRobot, WebDataset, HDF5, zarr and Rerun .rrd, mapped to the canonical episode schema, under a buyer-owned commercial licence. See delivery formats, sample data outputs and how to scope a custom collection.
FAQ
Hair Salon, Barbershop & Beauty Studio egocentric data, answered.
- What hair salon, barbershop & beauty studio tasks can Firsthand capture?
- 14 listed tasks, including 72 distinct tasks listed = 3,600+ hrs under the 50 hr/task cap, expandable well beyond via new task definitions per site, cut and style hair using scissors, clippers, and combs, hair coloring, hair cutting & styling. Tasks outside the list can be added to a spec.
- What does "Western" mean for this environment?
- The settings, equipment, packaging and signage found in North American and European hair salon, barbershop & beauty studio work, recruited in program markets such as United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany.
- How fast can collection start?
- A median of 48 hours from signed spec to first validated batch where coverage is deep. Tasks marked available on request are recruited first, and the timeline is quoted against the spec before capture begins.
- Is the footage consented and anonymized?
- Yes. Releases are collected before capture, and faces, licence plates and screens are detected and blurred, with a human review step, before footage is delivered.
- Who owns the data?
- Delivery is under a buyer-owned commercial licence. Pricing is quoted per engagement and billed per validated hour, meaning footage that passed sync and QA against your spec.
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