2006´s Wearable Computing Advances and Fashions

Author

Martin, Tom ; Healey, Jennifer

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Tech

Volume

6

Issue

1

fYear

2007

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

16

Abstract

The 10th annual IEEE Computer Society International Symposium on Wearable Computers took place on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland, in October 2006. ISWC is the premier conference in wearable computing, featuring the latest in technical advances and fashions. Attendees came from both academia and industry, representing a broad spectrum of nationalities and technical interests, with more than 150 participants from 19 countries. The papers, posters, and demonstrations at the conference focused on several themes. The conference had sessions on activity recognition, location systems, interface evaluation, input devices and sensors, and wearability

Keywords

interactive devices; mobile computing; sensors; user interfaces; wearable computers; activity recognition; input devices; interface evaluation; location systems; sensors; wearability; wearable computing; Computer interfaces; Dead reckoning; Feedback; Haptic interfaces; Infrared sensors; Legged locomotion; Mice; Radar; User interfaces; Wearable computers; activity recognition; input device; interface evaluation; location system; user interface; wearability; wearable computer; wearable sensors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Pervasive Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1268

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPRV.2007.2

Filename

4101136