Purpose: Recent advancements in wearable computing offer opportunities for art galleries to provide a unique experience. However, to ensure successful implementation of this new technology in the visitor industry, it is essential to understand user requirements from a visitor’s point of view. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to investigate visitors’ requirements for the development of a wearable smart glasses augmented reality (AR) application in the museum and art gallery context. Design/methodology/approach: Interviews with 28 art gallery visitors were conducted and an affinity diagram technique was used to analyze the interviews. Findings: The findings reveal that wearable AR is in its infancy and that technical and design issues have to be overcome for a full adoption. It reveals that content requirement, functional requirement, comfort, experience and resistance are important when developing and implementing the wearable AR application in the museum and art gallery contexts. Originality/value: Mapping user requirements in the wearable smart glasses AR context using an affinity diagram is a new approach and therefore contributes to the creation of knowledge in the tourism domain. Practically, the area of wearable technologies and AR within the tourism and visitor industry context is still relatively unexplored, and the present paper provides a first foundation for the implementation of wearable smart glasses AR applications in the museum and art gallery context.
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Wearable displays with augmented reality are in an early phase of adoption by the public. The uptake is slow and user studies regarding acceptance and use are scarce and have limitations to understand long-term use and their influence on daily life. The complexity of understanding long-term use requires a multidisciplinary approach to different stakeholder perspectives. A variety of complementary theoretical perspectives are needed to create a framework to study the impact and perils of the use of smart eyewear. In this position paper, we develop such a framework, integrating theoretical perspectives from Philosophy, Psychology, Science and Technology Studies and Information Systems. The resulting framework has concrete implications for future studies regarding the design, acceptance and long-term use of smart eyewear.
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Schön describes the way a designer engages with their materials as a “conversation”. In clothing design this typically involves tangible and situated actions such as draping, ripping, and cutting—actions that evoke responses from the fabric at hand. Dynamic fabrics—surface- changing fabrics that combine digital and physical states— are still novel fashion-design materials. When working with the digital, intangible qualities of these fabrics, how does a dialogue unfold for designers accustomed to working physically with fabrics? In this paper we examine the design process of Phem, a collection of garments that use dynamic fabrics that function similarly to augmented reality. We reflect upon the improvisations required to satisfy a productive dialogue with the digital forms of these materials. We conclude with a discussion that proposes revisiting Schön’s notion of a conversation in the context of digital forms, and use Ingold’s perspectives on making to inform this inquiry.
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Developing and testing several AR and VR concepts for SAMSUNG (Benelux) Samsung and Breda University of Applied Sciences decided to work together on developing and testing several new digital media concepts with a focus on VR and gaming. This collaboration has led to several innovative projects and concepts, among others: the organisation of the first Samsung VR jam in which game and media students developed new concepts for SAMSUNG GEAR in 24 hours, the pre-development of a VR therapy concept (Fear of Love) created by CaptainVR, the Samsung Industry Case in which students developed new concepts for SAMSUNG GEAR (wearables), the IGAD VR game pitch where over 15 VR game concepts were created for SAMSUNG VR GEAR and numerous projects in which VR concepts are developed and created using new SAMSUNG technologies. Currently we are co-developing new digital HRM solutions.
SHAREHOUSE is een ruimte voor bedrijven in het STC om te experimenteren met eigen technologie. De experimenten worden wetenschappelijk gestroomlijnd en gericht op dataverzameling ter verbetering van magazijnwerk. Moderne technologieën, mens-technologie interactie, technologieadoptie en sociale innovatie, veiligheid, ethiek en duurzaamheid en de benodigde skills voor (toekomstige) medewerkers in de logistiek staan hierin centraal. SHAREHOUSE creëert tevens een open leeromgeving voor studenten en (MKB-)bedrijven, zodat ze in een praktijkomgeving ervaren hoe zij automated guided vehicles, virtual/augmented reality en wearables en exoskeletten voor goederenverwerking in een magazijn kunnen implementeren en beheersen. Publiek-private learning communities zorgen voor duurzame samenwerking tussen de belangrijkste stakeholders.
SHAREHOUSE is een ruimte voor bedrijven in het STC om te experimenteren met eigen technologie. De experimenten worden wetenschappelijk gestroomlijnd en gericht op dataverzameling ter verbetering van magazijnwerk. Moderne technologieën, mens-technologie interactie, technologieadoptie en sociale innovatie, veiligheid, ethiek en duurzaamheid en de benodigde skills voor (toekomstige) medewerkers in de logistiek staan hierin centraal. SHAREHOUSE creëert tevens een open leeromgeving voor studenten en (MKB-)bedrijven, zodat ze in een praktijkomgeving ervaren hoe zij automated guided vehicles, virtual/augmented reality en wearables en exoskeletten voor goederenverwerking in een magazijn kunnen implementeren en beheersen. Publiek-private learning communities zorgen voor duurzame samenwerking tussen de belangrijkste stakeholders.
