Title
Wearability factors for skin interfaces
Date Issued
February 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publisher(s)
Association for Computing Machinery
Abstract
As interfaces progress beyond wearables and into intrinsic human augmentation, the human body has become an increasingly important topic in the field of HCI. Wearables already act as a new layer of functionality located on the body that leads us to rethink the convergence between technology and fashion, not just in terms of the ability to wear, but also in how devices interact with us. Already, several options for wearable technology have emerged in the form of clothing and accessories. However, by applying sensors and other computing devices directly onto the body surface, wearables could also be designed as skin interfaces. In this paper, we review the wearability factors impacting wearables as clothes and accessories in order to discuss them in the context of skin interfaces. We classify these wearability factors in terms of body aspects (location, body movements and body characteristics) and device aspects (weight, attachment methods, accessibility, interaction, aesthetics, conductors, insulation, device care, connection, communication, battery life). We discuss these factors in the context of two different example skin interfaces: A rigid board embedded into special effects makeup and skin-mounted soft materials connected to devices.
Volume
25-27-February-2016
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Otras ingenierĂas y tecnologĂas
DermatologĂa, Enfermedades venĂ©reas
Ciencias de la computaciĂ³n
Sistemas de automatizaciĂ³n, Sistemas de control
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84985914289
ISBN
9781450336802
Resource of which it is part
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
ISBN of the container
978-145033680-2
Sources of information:
Directorio de ProducciĂ³n CientĂfica
Scopus