Perception of wearable computers for everyday life by the general public: impact of culture and gender on technology

Authors:
Sébastien Duval;Hiromichi Hashizume
Affiliations:
NII, Tokyo, Japan;NII, Tokyo, Japan
Venue:
EUC'05 Proceedings of the 2005 international conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing
Year:
2005

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Abstract

This paper examines the perception of wearable computers for everyday life by the general public, in order to foster the adoption of this technology. We present a social study that focuses on sensors, actuators, autonomy, uses, and privacy. Carried out in 2005, it considers gender and cultural disparities in two dissimilar groups: French (115 males, 59 females) and Japanese (61 males, 54 females) citizens. Acknowledging that exposition to wearables can alter perception about them, we designed a garment-shaped prototype to check our results, estimate shifts of perception, and define guidelines for equipment and services. We describe our prototype, and future experiments dealing with face-to-face contacts, community awareness, and relaxing environments.