ActivMON: a wearable ambient activity display

Patrick Burns; Christopher Lueg; Shlomo Berkovsky

ActivMON: a wearable ambient activity display

Patrick Burns, Christopher Lueg, Shlomo Berkovsky

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Abstract

Global increases in overweight and obesity are linked to a trend towards
decreased levels of physical activity. In combating this problem, we present
ActivMON – a wearable ambient display which illuminates with a varying colour
to provide a user with an intuitive visualisation of their daily activity level, as well
as using a pulsing illumination to provide an indication of the activity level of
other users. ActivMON is able to progressively increase a user's daily activity goal
to encourageasustained increase in physical activity. We present an initial
evaluation of ActivMON, as well as discussing possible future research directions
involving the use of wearable ambient displays to motivate physical activity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MMS 2011: Mobile und ubiquitäre Informationssysteme
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings zur 6. Konferenz (MMS 2011)
Editors	Hagen Höpfner, Günther Specht, Thomas Ritz, Christian Bunse
Place of Publication	Bonn
Publisher	Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)
Pages	11-24
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9783885792796
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	MMS 2011: Mobile und ubiquitäre Informationssysteme. Konferenz - Kaiserslautern, Germany Duration: 28 Feb 2011 → 28 Feb 2011

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Conference	MMS 2011: Mobile und ubiquitäre Informationssysteme. Konferenz
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Kaiserslautern
Period	28/02/11 → 28/02/11

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Burns, P, Lueg, C & Berkovsky, S 2011, ActivMON: a wearable ambient activity display. in H Höpfner, G Specht, T Ritz & C Bunse (eds), MMS 2011: Mobile und ubiquitäre Informationssysteme: Proceedings zur 6. Konferenz (MMS 2011). Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI), Bonn, pp. 11-24, MMS 2011: Mobile und ubiquitäre Informationssysteme. Konferenz, Kaiserslautern, Germany, 28/02/11.

ActivMON: a wearable ambient activity display. / Burns, Patrick; Lueg, Christopher; Berkovsky, Shlomo.
MMS 2011: Mobile und ubiquitäre Informationssysteme: Proceedings zur 6. Konferenz (MMS 2011). ed. / Hagen Höpfner; Günther Specht; Thomas Ritz; Christian Bunse. Bonn: Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI), 2011. p. 11-24.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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