Title :
From Backpacks to Smartphones: Past, Present, and Future of Wearable Computers
Author :
Amft, Oliver ; Lukowicz, Paul
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
Do smart phones render wearable computers obsolete? Where does the rise of the smart phone leave wearable computing research? We answer these questions by examining past, present, and future of wearable platform research.
Keywords :
biocomputers; mobile computing; mobile handsets; smartphone; wearable computer; wearable computing; Availability; Computer displays; Computer vision; Consumer electronics; Humans; Keyboards; Mobile computing; Pervasive computing; Smart phones; Wearable computers; ieee; on-body computing; pervasive computing; ubiquitous computing; wearable systems;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2009.44
