Title :
Application design for wearable and context-aware computers
Author :
Smailagic, Asim ; Siewiorek, Daniel
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Complex Engineered Syst. & Human Comput. Interaction Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
To effectively integrate wearable computers into ubiquitous computing environments, we must address several important challenges. How do we develop social and cognitive application models? How do we integrate input from multiple sensors and map them to users´ social and cognitive states? How do we anticipate user needs? How do we interact with users? To address mobile-application design challenges, the authors created four user interface models that map problem-solving capabilities to application requirements.
Keywords :
engineering computing; mobile computing; user centred design; user interfaces; wearable computers; application requirements; cognitive application models; cognitive state; context-aware computers; mobile-application design challenges; problem-solving capabilities; social application models; social state; ubiquitous computing environments; user interface models; user needs; wearable computers; Application software; Collaborative work; Context awareness; Inspection; Pervasive computing; Problem-solving; Taxonomy; Ubiquitous computing; User interfaces; Wearable computers;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2002.1158275