Wearable computing and the geographies of urban childhood - Working with children to explore the potential of new technology

Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 111-118

  Williams, Morris ^a   Jones, Owain ^b   Fleuriot, Constance ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Mobile Bristol   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Children in the urban environment; Design workshops; Soundscapes; Wearables

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED REALITY; URBAN PLANNING; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

DESIGN WORKSHOPS; SENSE OF PLACE; SOUNDSCAPES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN SPACES; WEARABLE COMPUTING; WEARABLE DEVICES; WEARABLES;

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84978604386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/953536.953552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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