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Readings

Articles and papers focussing on wearable computing and its applications.

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Augmented Reality: A New Way of Seeing
The Scientific American Article describes one application of Wearable Computing: Overlaying contextual information over normal vision.
Dress Code
Somewhat critical overview article from Wired featuring the oldest wearable computer (1981).
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Journal on ubiquitous computing. Often features free articles on wearables.
Developments and Possibilities
Diploma thesis which discusses conceptual and real-world applications of wearables as well as social implications. Also describes a prototype implementation using a Xybernaut MA IV.
Skills Impact Study for Tactical Mobile Robot Operational Units
The article, in principal focused on telepresence robot control, gives a nice overview on wearable computing and augmented reality on its first thirty pages and later on goes into detail on possible human feedback channels. [PDF]
Gesture-Operable Digital Home Electronic Appliances
Overview of gesture recognition and force feedback for switches, screens, and games.
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