TY - GEN
T1 - Perceptions of humans wearing technology
AU - Lum, Heather C.
AU - Sims, Valerie K.
AU - Chin, Matthew G.
AU - Lagattuta, Nicholas C.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The current study is an examination of how using "wearable technology" may impact the impressions formed by others about the technology user. Previous research has examined how technological devices that are made to be more humanlike may be perceived, yet little research has investigated the perceptions of humans who are made more like technological devices through the augmentation of their senses or abilities. Participants viewed faces of male and female models either wearing no external devices, wearing non-technological articles, wearing consumer electronic devices, or scientific/military devices (eye trackers). Overall, models were viewed less favorably when wearing technology, but the attributions were a complex interaction of the rater's comfort with technology, the sex of the model, and the particular attribute being examined. Wearable technology may augment cognitive abilities, but interfere with interpersonal relations.
AB - The current study is an examination of how using "wearable technology" may impact the impressions formed by others about the technology user. Previous research has examined how technological devices that are made to be more humanlike may be perceived, yet little research has investigated the perceptions of humans who are made more like technological devices through the augmentation of their senses or abilities. Participants viewed faces of male and female models either wearing no external devices, wearing non-technological articles, wearing consumer electronic devices, or scientific/military devices (eye trackers). Overall, models were viewed less favorably when wearing technology, but the attributions were a complex interaction of the rater's comfort with technology, the sex of the model, and the particular attribute being examined. Wearable technology may augment cognitive abilities, but interfere with interpersonal relations.
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U2 - 10.1518/107118109x12524442637985
DO - 10.1518/107118109x12524442637985
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77951605030
SN - 9781615676231
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 864
EP - 868
BT - 53rd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2009, HFES 2009
PB - Human Factors an Ergonomics Society Inc.
T2 - 53rd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2009, HFES 2009
Y2 - 19 October 2009 through 23 October 2009
ER -