alt Hacker NewsI don't really understand what it is about. The general idea is be less distracting, but that's pretty vague, a lot of things are not distracting, in fact most things aren't, we just don't notice and that's the point.
The criteria seem to be "attention, periphery, durability, light, sound, and materials". Very broad. It looks like it even addresses openness and repairability with "an instruction booklet with a list of replacements and compatible parts", something I really care about, but how does it relate to calm?
Maybe it will be clearer when the certification document is out.
Probably because your brain is mush from being born into a world where everything is a high tech attention grabbing nightmare. Those of us born 40-50 years ago see the consequences of this mess and are glad to have someone quantifying it, and hopefully creating a competitive market for devices that don’t intentionally make life harder.