Have We Achieved the Ultimate Wearable Computer?

Author

Thomas, Bruce H.

Author_Institution

Wearable Comput. Lab., Univ. of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

fYear

2012

fDate

18-22 June 2012

Firstpage

104

Lastpage

107

Abstract

This paper provides a provocative view of wearable computer research over the years, starting with the first IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers in 1997. The goal of this paper is to reflect on the original research challenges from the first few years. With this goal in mind, two questions can be examined: 1) have we achieved the goals we set out? and 2) how has the direction of research changed in the past fifteen years? This is not a survey paper, but a platform to stimulate discussion.

Keywords

clothing; ubiquitous computing; wearable computers; context awareness; garment integration; user interaction; wearable computer system form factor; Augmented reality; Biomedical monitoring; Clothing; Communities; Context-aware services; Mobile communication; Wearable computers; International Symposium on Wearable Computers; Overview; Wearable Computer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wearable Computers (ISWC), 2012 16th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Newcastle

ISSN

1550-4816

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1583-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWC.2012.26

Filename

6246151

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2696706