SKIN - Embodied Navigation Through WiFi Traffic Using Vibro-Tactile Feedback

Bas van den Boogaard; Louise Ørsted Jensen; Stefan Engelbrecht Nielsen; Vibeke Thorhauge Stephensen; Karina Lindegaard Aae Jensen; Markus Löchtefeld

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SKIN - Embodied Navigation Through WiFi Traffic Using Vibro-Tactile Feedback

Bas van den Boogaard, Louise Ørsted Jensen, Stefan Engelbrecht Nielsen, Vibeke Thorhauge Stephensen, Karina Lindegaard Aae Jensen, Markus Löchtefeld

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In today’s world, radio waves are an integral element of our daily lives but they are mostly hidden to human perception. In this paper we present SKIN, a wireless wearable system that creates a new interface between the human and WiFi signals employing sensory augmentation. SKIN translates nearby WiFi data transmissions into a vibrotactile experience to alter the perception of the space around the human body. It is designed as a tool for examining how an embodied experience of the invisible waves affects our relation to both the physical environment as well as to the technology emitting the insensible dimension. We present the design and implementation as well as the results of two exhibitions in which SKIN was worn by 17 participants that demonstrate how SKIN helps to interpret and alters the perception of the built environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TEI '18 Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Number of pages	7
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	2018
Pages	598-604
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-5568-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3173225.3173314
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 18 Mar 2018 → 21 Mar 2018 Conference number: 12

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Conference	Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Number	12
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	18/03/2018 → 21/03/2018

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Boogaard, B. V. D., Jensen, L. Ø., Nielsen, S. E., Stephensen, V. T., Jensen, K. L. A., & Löchtefeld, M. (2018). SKIN - Embodied Navigation Through WiFi Traffic Using Vibro-Tactile Feedback. In TEI '18 Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (pp. 598-604). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173225.3173314

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Boogaard, BVD, Jensen, LØ, Nielsen, SE, Stephensen, VT, Jensen, KLA & Löchtefeld, M 2018, SKIN - Embodied Navigation Through WiFi Traffic Using Vibro-Tactile Feedback. in TEI '18 Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 598-604, Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Stockholm, Sweden, 18/03/2018. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173225.3173314

SKIN - Embodied Navigation Through WiFi Traffic Using Vibro-Tactile Feedback. / Boogaard, Bas van den; Jensen, Louise Ørsted; Nielsen, Stefan Engelbrecht et al.
TEI '18 Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. p. 598-604.

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