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26th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops (ICDCSW'06)
Wearable Computer for Ubiquitous Informal Communication
Lisboa, Portugal
July 04-July 07
ISBN: 0-7695-2541-5
Shunichi Tano, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Tatsuhiro Takayama, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Mitsuru Iwata, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Tomonori Hashiyama, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
The rapid progress of information technology has spurred development of various communication support systems. In particular, the importance of informal communication has lately drawn considerable attention because informal information can be intuitive, emotional, personal, honest, and subjective, traits that may be very difficult to get from formal media. We analyzed the features of informal communication and clarified the requirements of an informal communication support system. Next, we designed an informal communication support system whose basic architecture is a combination of a wearable computer, a see-through head mounted display, a bone conduction speaker, and a 3D-pen. The user can write graffiti such as a handwritten memo or make a voice memo and place it in a realworld context such as at a certain location (by GPS), environmental sound, the real object (by RFID) and so on. The informal information is thus shared with others on the peer-to-peer self-organized network. We demonstrated the prototype system and conducted a preliminary evaluation.
Citation:
Shunichi Tano, Tatsuhiro Takayama, Mitsuru Iwata, Tomonori Hashiyama, "Wearable Computer for Ubiquitous Informal Communication," icdcsw, pp.67, 26th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops (ICDCSW'06), 2006
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