Title:	ENHANCING MOBILE INTERACTION WITH DISTRIBUTED WEARABLE USER INTERFACES
Author(s):	Jens Ziegler, Leon Urbas
ISBN:	978-972-8939-90-8
Editors:	Katherine Blashki
Year:	2013
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Body Area Network, Human System Interface, Mobile Interaction, Operational Inertia, Wearable System
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	288
Last Page:	292
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Mobile interaction in adverse environments calls for highly optimized and tightly integrated user interfaces. Continuous variations in tasks and the context of use in mobile settings require adaptability and flexibility of the user interface components. Today, mobile systems largely rely on direct touch interaction, which is often unsuitable for adverse environments. A change of the input mechanism or modality usually requires additional hardware which has been designed and manufactured for the particular needs of the environment. The concept of Distributed Wearable User Interfaces provides a common conceptual and technical framework for the integration of loosely coupled and tightly integrated collaborating input and output devices. The devices are distributed on the user’s body and form a consistent yet adaptable and flexible user interface for the mobile system. This paper introduces distributed wearable user interfaces as a flexible, adaptable and usable framework for mobile interaction based on the Zero Operational Inertia Device paradigm, and presents a case study in the domain of mobile industrial maintenance.
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