TY - GEN
T1 - The Use of Wearable Technologies and Body Awareness
T2 - 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International)
AU - Suh, Ayoung
AU - Li, Ruohan
AU - Liu, Lili
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Wearable technologies-innovative and multi-functional media technologies that can be attached to our body-have received a great deal of attention by the digital media industry. The wearability of technology brings new affordances that may significantly change the way humans interact with technological objects. However, little is known about how such emerging technologies can shape our perceptions of the body and the interactions associated with technology use. Focusing on users' experience of wearable technologies, this study explores the influence of wearable technologies on individuals' perceptions of their body-tool relationship and body awareness. A series of in-depth interviews was conducted to investigate how users' interactions with wearable technologies affect their perceptions. Our findings indicate that perceptual properties (materials, weight, battery life, and vibration) influence users' body-tool relationship, whereas motor activity properties (monitoring, tracking, and real-time feedback) influence users' body awareness.
AB - Wearable technologies-innovative and multi-functional media technologies that can be attached to our body-have received a great deal of attention by the digital media industry. The wearability of technology brings new affordances that may significantly change the way humans interact with technological objects. However, little is known about how such emerging technologies can shape our perceptions of the body and the interactions associated with technology use. Focusing on users' experience of wearable technologies, this study explores the influence of wearable technologies on individuals' perceptions of their body-tool relationship and body awareness. A series of in-depth interviews was conducted to investigate how users' interactions with wearable technologies affect their perceptions. Our findings indicate that perceptual properties (materials, weight, battery life, and vibration) influence users' body-tool relationship, whereas motor activity properties (monitoring, tracking, and real-time feedback) influence users' body awareness.
KW - Wearable technologies
KW - Body-tool relationship
KW - Body awareness
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-40548-3_65
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-40548-3_65
M3 - RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
SN - 978-3-319-40547-6
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 388
EP - 392
BT - HCI International 2016 – Posters' Extended Abstracts : Part I
A2 - Constantine Stephanidis, null
PB - Springer International Publishing
Y2 - 17 July 2016 through 22 July 2016
ER -
