TY - GEN
T1 - The Intuitive Jacket
T2 - 4th Augmented Humans International Conference, AHs 2023
AU - Bruce, Tor Alexander
AU - Lightley, Linda
AU - Wright, Clive
AU - Rebair, Annessa
AU - Holmquist, Lars
N1 - Funding Information: We acknowledge the participants who were Experts by Experience in our original study, as well as the team of talented individuals who are supporting bringing The Intuitive Jacket to life.We include: Kim Julia Smith, Luke Bissell, Shannon Grayson.
PY - 2023/3/14
Y1 - 2023/3/14
N2 - We present a novel, wearable interface as an investigative tool for digital mental healthcare. Immersive environments for therapeutic interventions can potentially involve the whole body of the user in the experience, but often the interaction is through handheld controllers or virtual buttons. Building on suggestions in a previous study from users of an immersive environment for trauma mental healthcare, we developed a new interface, The Intuitive Jacket, to offer control and personalization to the therapeutic process. Our design consists of a physical jacket, allowing users to perform an emotionally powerful interaction: By touching the region of their heart at the end of the session, they “close the door” to the trauma the have been processing. The jacket contains a conductive thread sensor that communicates the garment wearer’s gesture to the software via Bluetooth. It was created via a multidisciplinary collaboration between HCI, Fashion Design and Electronics.
AB - We present a novel, wearable interface as an investigative tool for digital mental healthcare. Immersive environments for therapeutic interventions can potentially involve the whole body of the user in the experience, but often the interaction is through handheld controllers or virtual buttons. Building on suggestions in a previous study from users of an immersive environment for trauma mental healthcare, we developed a new interface, The Intuitive Jacket, to offer control and personalization to the therapeutic process. Our design consists of a physical jacket, allowing users to perform an emotionally powerful interaction: By touching the region of their heart at the end of the session, they “close the door” to the trauma the have been processing. The jacket contains a conductive thread sensor that communicates the garment wearer’s gesture to the software via Bluetooth. It was created via a multidisciplinary collaboration between HCI, Fashion Design and Electronics.
KW - Wearable Technology
KW - Digital Mental Healthcare
KW - Embodiment
KW - Trauma
KW - Immersive Environments
KW - Investigative Tools
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85150388273&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3582700.3583703
DO - 10.1145/3582700.3583703
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85150388273
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 310
EP - 313
BT - AHs '23: Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference 2023
PB - ACM
CY - New York, NY, USA
Y2 - 12 March 2023 through 14 March 2023
ER -
