The BubbleBadge: a wearable public display

  • Authors:
  • Jennica Falk;Staffan Björk

  • Affiliations:
  • Viktoria Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden;Viktoria Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden

  • Venue:
  • CHI '99 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

We are exploring the design space of wearable computers by designing "public" wearable computer displays. This paper describes our first prototype, the BubbleBadge. By effectively turning the wearer's private display "inside out", the BubbleBadge transforms the wearable computing concept by making digital information public rather than private. User tests showed that the device introduces a new way to interact with information-providing devices, suggesting that it would be valuable to explore the concept further.