• DocumentCode
    1160796
  • Title

    Wearable communities: augmenting social networks with wearable computers

  • Author

    Kortuem, Gerd ; Segall, Zary

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput., Lancaster Univ., UK
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    71
  • Lastpage
    78
  • Abstract
    Wearable communities-social networks based on computer-augmented face-to-face encounters-present both social and technical design challenges. Our WearCom design methodology permits rapid prototyping of wearable community systems to facilitate community building.
  • Keywords
    social aspects of automation; software prototyping; wearable computers; WearCom design methodology; community building; computer-augmented face-to-face encounters; rapid prototyping; social network augmentation; wearable communities; wearable computers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pervasive Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1268
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPRV.2003.1186728
  • Filename
    1186728