My Wearable Computing Research at the Division of Media Technology Department of Computer Science

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My Wearable Computing Research at the Division
of Media TechnologyDepartment of Computer
Science Electrical EngineeringLuleå University
of TechnologySE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden

• Written by Mikael Drugge
• Last revised 2003-11-04

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My focus

• Wearable Computing
• Interaction...
• Interaction methods for wearable computers.
• Interacting in a pervasive computing environment.
• Merging wearable and pervasive computing.

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What we have done so far...

• User study
• Methods for Interrupting a Wearable Computer
  User
• Implications for interaction techniques.
• Relevant also for pervasive computing.
• ABC with wearable computers
• The perfect combination for testing mobility!
• User is really mobile, network differs.
• Realistic scenarios in the real world.
• GPRS, UMTS, WaveLAN, ...
• Experiences from fairs.

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What we are doing right now...

• Eventcasting
• A novel yet natural form of interaction
• Naturalness is important for acceptance and use.
• Allow user to throw events into the
  surrounding.
• Will utilize Borderland to handle the events.
• Essentially, it will seem like magic. ?
• VITAL Community
• Bringing people together.
• Collaborations, meetings, socializing...
• How can wearables aid in this task?

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Questions?

• Contact information
• mdr_at_cdt.luth.se
• http//www.cdt.luth.se/mdr
• Visit this page for contact details.
• Research information
• http//www.cdt.luth.se/mdr
• General information about Borderland.
• Eventcasting information coming soon.
• Division of Media Technology
• http//media.sm.luth.se