A survey of the historical scope and current trends of wearable technology applications

Mary Ellen Berglund; Julia Duvall; Lucy E. Dunne

doi:10.1145/2971763.2971796

A survey of the historical scope and current trends of wearable technology applications

Mary Ellen Berglund, Julia Duvall, Lucy E. Dunne

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Abstract

The field of wearable technology has undergone significant growth in the last few years. Along with this growth come trends in consumer application development, which may be indicative of structural influences on the design and development of products as well as social influences among consumers. Here, we present a two-phase survey of the application space of wearable technology, by assessing applications observed in research or industrial activities from two time periods: initially with a historical focus (mapping the space up to 2014) and subsequently through a 1-year snapshot by mapping developments between 2014 and 2015. We evaluate distribution in application instances over the body surface, over a range of product types, and within a set of application categories, as well as differences in product price and gender target. The implications of changes in product focus areas over these two time frames are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	ISWC 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	40-43
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450344609
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2971763.2971796
State	Published - Sep 12 2016
Event	20th ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2016 - Heidelberg, Germany Duration: Sep 12 2016 → Sep 16 2016

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Name	International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Digest of Papers
Volume	12-16-September-2016

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Other	20th ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2016
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Heidelberg
Period	9/12/16 → 9/16/16

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© 2016 ACM.

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Smart clothing
Wearable technology

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Berglund, M. E., Duvall, J., & Dunne, L. E. (2016). A survey of the historical scope and current trends of wearable technology applications. In ISWC 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (pp. 40-43). Article 2971796 (International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Digest of Papers; Vol. 12-16-September-2016). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1145/2971763.2971796

A survey of the historical scope and current trends of wearable technology applications. / Berglund, Mary Ellen; Duvall, Julia; Dunne, Lucy E.
ISWC 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. IEEE Computer Society, 2016. p. 40-43 2971796 (International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Digest of Papers; Vol. 12-16-September-2016).

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Berglund, ME, Duvall, J & Dunne, LE 2016, A survey of the historical scope and current trends of wearable technology applications. in ISWC 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers., 2971796, International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Digest of Papers, vol. 12-16-September-2016, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 40-43, 20th ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2016, Heidelberg, Germany, 9/12/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2971763.2971796

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