Oura ring misclassifies Indian folk dance Dandia/Garba as cross-country skiing
salgar · x · 2026-10-20
A user found that the Oura ring's activity recognition algorithm misidentified Dandia and Garba — traditional Indian community dances — as cross-country skiing. The screenshot shows two evening dance sessions logged as 24 min/155 Cal and 14 min/85 Cal skiing workouts.
The author notes it sort of makes sense (sustained rhythmic full-body movement resembles skiing) but highlights that wearables' activity models lack training data and labeling for non-Western activities, calling for more diverse datasets.
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