Expressive Wearable Sonification and Visualisation : Design and Evaluation of a Flexible Display

Kirsty Beilharz, Andrew Vande Moere, Barbara Stiel, Claudia Calo, Martin Tomitsch, and Adrian Lombard

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

  • Year: 2010
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • Pages: 323–326
  • Keywords: Wearable display, sonification, visualisation, design aesthetics, physical computing, multimodal expression, bimodal display
  • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177717 (Link to paper)
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Abstract

In this paper we examine a wearable sonification and visualisation display that uses physical analogue visualisation and digital sonification to convey feedback about the wearer's activity and environment. Intended to bridge a gap between art aesthetics, fashionable technologies and informative physical computing, the user experience evaluation reveals the wearers' responses and understanding of a novel medium for wearable expression. The study reveals useful insights for wearable device design in general and future iterations of this sonification and visualisation display.

Citation

Kirsty Beilharz, Andrew Vande Moere, Barbara Stiel, Claudia Calo, Martin Tomitsch, and Adrian Lombard. 2010. Expressive Wearable Sonification and Visualisation : Design and Evaluation of a Flexible Display. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177717

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{Beilharz2010,
 abstract = {In this paper we examine a wearable sonification and visualisation display that uses physical analogue visualisation and digital sonification to convey feedback about the wearer's activity and environment. Intended to bridge a gap between art aesthetics, fashionable technologies and informative physical computing, the user experience evaluation reveals the wearers' responses and understanding of a novel medium for wearable expression. The study reveals useful insights for wearable device design in general and future iterations of this sonification and visualisation display. },
 address = {Sydney, Australia},
 author = {Beilharz, Kirsty and Vande Moere, Andrew and Stiel, Barbara and Calo, Claudia and Tomitsch, Martin and Lombard, Adrian},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177717},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Wearable display, sonification, visualisation, design aesthetics, physical computing, multimodal expression, bimodal display},
 pages = {323--326},
 title = {Expressive Wearable Sonification and Visualisation : Design and Evaluation of a Flexible Display},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2010/nime2010_323.pdf},
 year = {2010}
}