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:

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}
}