Wearable body sensor networks: state-of-the-art and research directions

R Gravina, G Fortino - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The term Body Sensor Network (BSN) was introduced less than twenty years ago. Since
then, tremendous technical development and social changes attracted researchers from …

GestuRING: A web-based tool for designing gesture input with rings, ring-like, and ring-ready devices

RD Vatavu, LB Bilius - The 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Despite an exciting area with many promises for innovations in wearable interactive
systems, research on interaction techniques for smart rings lacks structured knowledge and …

iFAD gestures: understanding users' gesture input performance with index-finger augmentation devices

RD Vatavu - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We examine gestures performed with a class of input devices with distinctive quality
properties in the wearables landscape, which we call “index-Finger Augmentation …

Z-Ring: Single-Point Bio-Impedance Sensing for Gesture, Touch, Object and User Recognition

A Waghmare, Y Ben Taleb, I Chatterjee… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We present Z-Ring, a wearable ring that enables gesture input, object detection, user
identification, and interaction with passive user interface (UI) elements using a single …

Wearable interactions for users with motor impairments: systematic review, inventory, and research implications

AI Siean, RD Vatavu - Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We conduct a systematic literature review on wearable interactions for users with motor
impairments and report results from a meta-analysis of 57 scientific articles identified in the …

One Ring to Rule Them All: An Empirical Understanding of Day-to-Day Smartring Usage Through In-Situ Diary Study

S Bardot, B Rey, L Audette, K Fan, DY Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Smartrings have potential to extend our ubiquitous control through their always available
and finger-worn location, as well as their quick and subtle interactions. As such, smartrings …

Gesturegpt: Zero-shot interactive gesture understanding and grounding with large language model agents

X Zeng, X Wang, T Zhang, C Yu, S Zhao… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Current gesture recognition systems primarily focus on identifying gestures within a
predefined set, leaving a gap in connecting these gestures to interactive GUI elements or …

InfoPrint: Embedding interactive information in 3d prints using low-cost readily-available printers and materials

W Jiang, C Wang, Z Sarsenbayeva, A Irlitti… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We present a fully-printable method to embed interactive information inside 3D printed
objects. The information is invisible to the human eye and can be read using thermal …

New insights into user-defined smart ring gestures with implications for gesture elicitation studies

BF Gheran, RD Vatavu, J Vanderdonckt - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We conduct a replication of a previously published gesture elicitation study, which collected
and examined user-defined gestures performed with smart rings. Our findings reveal that …

“I Could Wear It All of the Time, Just Like My Wedding Ring:” Insights into Older People's Perceptions of Smart Rings

LB Bilius, RD Vatavu - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We present findings from an examination of older adults' perceptions of and preferences for
smart rings, a unique class of interactive wearables gaining traction in the consumer market …