We have recently observed a convergence of technologies to foster the emergence of lifelogging as a mainstream activity. Computer storage has become significantly cheaper, and advancements in sensing technology allows for the efficient sensing of personal activities, locations and the environment. This is best seen in the growing popularity of the quantified self movement, in which life activities are tracked using wearable sensors in the hope of better understanding human performance in a variety of tasks. This review aims to provide a comprehensive summary of lifelogging, to cover its research history, current technologies, and applications. Thus far, most of the lifelogging research has focused predominantly on visual lifelogging, hence we maintain this focus in this review. However, we also reflect on the challenges lifelogging poses for information access and retrieval in general. This review is a suitable reference for those seeking an information retrieval scientist’s perspective on lifelogging and the quantified self.

最近，我们观察到技术的融合，以促进生活日志作为一种主流活动的出现。计算机存储已经变得非常便宜，并且传感技术的进步允许有效地传感个人活动，位置和环境。从量化自我运动的日益普及中可以最好地看出这一点，其中使用可穿戴式传感器跟踪生活活动，以期更好地了解人类在各种任务中的表现。这篇综述旨在提供生活日志的综合摘要，以涵盖其研究历史，当前技术和应用。到目前为止，大多数生活日志研究都主要集中在视觉生活日志上，因此，在本次审查中，我们保持了这一重点。然而，我们还反思了生活日志记录通常对信息访问和检索提出的挑战。这篇综述对于那些寻求信息检索科学家关于生命记录和量化自我的观点的人来说是合适的参考。