2007’s Wearable Computing Advances

This year, the 11th International Symposium on Wearable Computers returned to the city where it began: Boston, Massachusetts. ISWC is the premier conference in wearable computing, reporting the latest advances in research and technology. As in previous years, attendees came both from academia and industry, representing a broad spectrum of nationalities and technical interests. The year 2008´s program emphasized gesture and activity recognition but also reported on power considerations, augmented reality, evaluation, and new interaction modalities, among other topics.