Soft, embodied, situated & connected: enriching interactions with soft wearables

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• 作者：Oscar Tomico ; Danielle Wilde
• 刊名：mUX: The Journal of Mobile User Experience
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：5
• 期：1
• 全文大小：2,367 KB
• 刊物类别：User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Personal Computing; Information Systems Applications
• 刊物主题：User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Personal Computing; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Computer Science, general;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：2196-873X
• 卷排序：5

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BackgroundSoft wearables include clothing and textile-based accessories that incorporate smart textiles and soft electronic interfaces to enable responsive and interactive experiences. When designed well, soft wearables leverage the cultural, sociological and material qualities of textiles, fashion and dress; diverse capabilities and meanings of the body; as well as the qualities and capabilities afforded by smart and programmable elements. Textiles behave in particular ways. They are part of culture. No matter a person’s views on fashion, dress, their own or others’ body, they will have an intimate relationship with textiles, as they are one of the few products worn much of the time, often in direct contact with the body. When designing wearables a designer must consider a range of requirements that do not typically demand focus when designing products that are not worn, including: sensitivity to material detail; an eye for fit and comfort on bodies with diverse shapes and movement capabilities; openness to a diversity of meanings that may be generated; as well as consideration of wearers’ intimate relations with technology. Soft wearables allow for greater scope within these requirements.