Activmon: encouraging physical activity through ambient social awareness

Authors:
Patrick Burns;Christopher Lueg;Shlomo Berkovsky
Affiliations:
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia;University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia;Tasmanian ICT Centre, Hobart, Australia
Venue:
CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2012

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Abstract

In this paper we discuss the use of low-complexity interfaces to encourage users to increase their level of physical activity. We present ActivMON - a wearable device capable of representing a user's individual activity level, and that of a group, using an ambient display. We discuss the results of a preliminary usability evaluation of ActivMON.