Abstract
NFC (Near-Field Communication) has been widely applied for human-computer interaction (HCI). However, the short sensing distance of NFC requires the users to initiate the tasks with extra effort mostly using their hands, so it is inconvenient to use NFC in hands-busy scenarios. This paper presents an investigation of body-centric interactions between the NFC device users and their surroundings. The exploration is based on the recent development of near-field enabled clothing, which can passively extend an NFC-enabled device's reading distance to users' body landmarks. We present an accessible method for fabricating flexible, extensible, and scalable NFC extenders on clothing pieces, and an easy-to-use toolkit for facilitating designers to realize the interactive experiences. The method and toolkit were tested in technical experiments and in a co-creation workshop. The elicited design outcomes and the further exploratory makings generated knowledge for future research and embodied interaction design opportunities.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference |
| Subtitle of host publication | Digital Wellbeing |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc |
| Pages | 1626-1639 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450393584 |
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| Publication status | Published - 13 Jun 2022 |
| Event | 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing, DIS 2022 - Virtual, Online, Australia Duration: 13 Jun 2022 → 17 Jun 2022 |
Conference
| Conference | 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing, DIS 2022 |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Virtual, Online |
| Period | 13/06/22 → 17/06/22 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We sincerely acknowledge Associate Chairs and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments, Marina Toeters and her colleagues in Fashion Tech Farm for their supports in fabrication, and Berry Eggen, Regina Bernhaupt, Loe Feijs, and Mathieu Le Goc for their valuable suggestions. This research was supported in part by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST 110-2634-F-002-051, 110-2218-E-002-025), National Taiwan University, and 4TU Federation Netherlands Institute for Research on ICT.
Publisher Copyright:
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Funding
We sincerely acknowledge Associate Chairs and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments, Marina Toeters and her colleagues in Fashion Tech Farm for their supports in fabrication, and Berry Eggen, Regina Bernhaupt, Loe Feijs, and Mathieu Le Goc for their valuable suggestions. This research was supported in part by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST 110-2634-F-002-051, 110-2218-E-002-025), National Taiwan University, and 4TU Federation Netherlands Institute for Research on ICT.
Keywords
- body-centric interaction
- Embodied interaction
- near-field communication
- near-field enabled clothing
- NFC.
- wearables