A Concept to Support Seamless Spectator Participation in Sports Events Based on Wearable Motion Sensors

Author

Tomitsch, Martin ; Aigner, Wolfgang ; Grechenig, Thomas

Author_Institution

Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna

fYear

2007

fDate

26-27 July 2007

Firstpage

209

Lastpage

214

Abstract

We present a novel concept for an audience voting system for judged sports events. It is based on wireless wearable motion sensors utilizing the natural behaviour of sports spectators -clapping and cheering. This paper describes initial results from a user study that guided our design process. We further present two preliminary prototypes focusing on hardware and design feasibility respectively. Results confirm our assumption that the system does not provide objective results, but has the potential to increase the spectator experience by giving audience members the feeling of being part of the voting process.

Keywords

sensors; sport; ubiquitous computing; wearable computers; audience voting system; seamless spectator participation; sports event; wireless wearable motion sensor; Collaborative software; Computer industry; Electronic voting; Gold; Knowledge engineering; Medals; Process design; Prototypes; Wearable sensors; Wireless sensor networks; Spectator participation; audience participation; spectator experience; wireless motion sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pervasive Computing and Applications, 2007. ICPCA 2007. 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Birmingham

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0971-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0971-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPCA.2007.4365441

Filename

4365441