Exploring the acceptability of google glass as an everyday assistive device for people with parkinson's

McNaney, Roísin, Vines, John, Roggen, Daniel, Balaam, Madeline, Zhang, Pengfei, Poliakov, Ivan and Olivier, Patrick (2014) Exploring the acceptability of google glass as an everyday assistive device for people with parkinson's. In: Proceedings of the 32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI '14. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 2551-2554. ISBN 978-1-4503-2473-1

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Abstract

We describe a qualitative study investigating the acceptability of the Google Glass eyewear computer to people with Parkinson's disease (PD). We held a workshop with 5 PD patients and 2 carers exploring perceptions of Glass. This was followed by 5-day field trials of Glass with 4 PD patients, where participants wore the device during everyday activities at home and in public. We report generally positive responses to Glass as a device to instil confidence and safety for this potentially vulnerable group. We also raise concerns related to the potential for Glass to reaffirm dependency on others and stigmatise wearers.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Google glass; Parkinson’s disease; field trial; qualitative
Subjects:	G400 Computer Science L900 Others in Social studies W200 Design studies
Department:	Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Design
Depositing User:	Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2018 16:17
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2019 21:31
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/33705

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