Rong-Hao Liang
ACM DIS 2022: ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Body-Centric NFC: Body-Centric Interaction with NFC Devices Through Near-Field Enabled Clothing
Huizhong Ye1, Chi-Jung Lee2, Te-Yen Wu3, Xing-Dong Yang4, Bing-Yu Chen2, Rong-Hao Liang1
TU Eindhoven1, National Taiwan University2, Dartmouth Colleague3, Simon Fraser University4
Video
Abstract
NFC (Near-Field Communication) has been widely applied for human-computer interaction (HCI). However, the short sensing distance of NFC requires the users to initiate the tasks with extra effort mostly using their hands, so it is inconvenient to use NFC in hands-busy scenarios. This paper presents an investigation of body-centric interactions between the NFC device users and their surroundings. The exploration is based on the recent development of near-field enabled clothing, which can passively extend an NFC-enabled device’s reading distance to users’ body landmarks. We present an accessible method for fabricating flexible, extensible, and scalable NFC extenders on clothing pieces, and an easy-to-use toolkit for facilitating designers to realize the interactive experiences. The method and toolkit were tested in technical experiments and in a co-creation workshop. The elicited design outcomes and the further exploratory makings generated knowledge for future research and embodied interaction design opportunities.
Keywords
Embodied interaction, body-centric interaction, near-field enabled clothing, wearables, near-field communication, NFC.
Cite this work (ACM)
Huizhong Ye, Chi-Jung Lee, Te-Yen Wu, Xing-Dong Yang, Bing-Yu Chen, and Rong-Hao Liang. 2022. Body-Centric NFC: Body-Centric Interaction with NFC Devices Through Near-Field Enabled Clothing. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '22), June 13–17, 2022, Virtual Event, Australia. ACM, New York, NY, USA 14 Pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3532106.3534569
Cite this work (Bibtex)
@inproceedings{10.1145/3532106.3534569,
author = {Ye, Huizhong and Lee, Chi-Jung and Wu, Te-Yen and Yang, Xing-Dong and Chen, Bing-Yu and Liang, Rong-Hao},
title = {Body-Centric NFC: Body-Centric Interaction with NFC Devices Through Near-Field Enabled Clothing},
year = {2022},
isbn = {9781450393584},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3532106.3534569},
doi = {10.1145/3532106.3534569},
abstract = { NFC (Near-Field Communication) has been widely applied for human-computer interaction (HCI). However, the short sensing distance of NFC requires the users to initiate the tasks with extra effort mostly using their hands, so it is inconvenient to use NFC in hands-busy scenarios. This paper presents an investigation of body-centric interactions between the NFC device users and their surroundings. The exploration is based on the recent development of near-field enabled clothing, which can passively extend an NFC-enabled device’s reading distance to users’ body landmarks. We present an accessible method for fabricating flexible, extensible, and scalable NFC extenders on clothing pieces, and an easy-to-use toolkit for facilitating designers to realize the interactive experiences. The method and toolkit were tested in technical experiments and in a co-creation workshop. The elicited design outcomes and the further exploratory makings generated knowledge for future research and embodied interaction design opportunities.},
booktitle = {Designing Interactive Systems Conference},
pages = {1626–1639},
numpages = {14},
keywords = {NFC., Embodied interaction, wearables, near-field enabled clothing, near-field communication, body-centric interaction},
location = {Virtual Event, Australia},
series = {DIS '22}
}