Smart Textiles as Intuitive and Ubiquitous User Interfaces for Smart Homes

philipp — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:50:14 +0000

Smart Textiles as Intuitive and Ubiquitous User Interfaces for Smart Homes philipp Thu, 08/20/2020 - 15:50

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Textile user interfaces for smart homes offer novel intuitive input gestures and may lower acceptance barrier for technophobic or elderly people. To understand the users’ requirements of smart textile input devices, an Adaptive Conjoint Analysis with the attributes wearability, functionality, haptic, location, and components was carried out with 100 participants. The attributes were rated with different importances. Users request non-wearable textile input devices with no noticeable electronics for the living room. Gender, but no age effects were identified, as women prefer health applications, whereas men prefer media control. In summary, the device needs to be individually tailored to the user’s requirements to achieve high acceptance.

Hildebrandt, J., Brauner, P., Ziefle, M.: Smart Textiles as Intuitive and Ubiquitous User Interfaces for Smart Homes. In: Zhou, J. and Salvendy, G. (eds.) Human Computer Interaction International - Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. pp. 423–434. Springer, Switzerland (2015).

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20913-5_39

Let’s talk about TEX—Understanding consumer preferences for smart interactive textile products using a conjoint analysis approach

philipp — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 10:06:35 +0000

Let’s talk about TEX—Understanding consumer preferences for smart interactive textile products using a conjoint analysis approach philipp Thu, 08/20/2020 - 12:06

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Interactive textiles are reaching maturity. First technology augmented textiles in form of clothes and furnitures are becoming commercially available. In contrast to the close link between technological development and innovations, future users’ acceptance and usage of such interactive textiles has not been integrated sufficiently, yet. The current study investigates future users’ consumer behavior and acceptance of interactive textiles using a scenario-based conjoint analysis study, which was presented in an online questionnaire ( n = 324 ). Two prototypical interactive textiles were focused on: a smart jacket and a smart armchair. To assess the textile products, the participants had to choose the preferred product alternative consisting each of the acceptance-relevant factors “connectivity”, “input modality”, “feature range”, “usability”, and “ease of cleaning”and their respective levels. The results revealed that the “ease of cleaning” is the most important decision criterion for both textile devices (even more important for the smart jacket), followed by “feature range”, “connectivity”, and “usability”. In contrast, the “input modality” is perceived as least important. The study also identified user profiles based on the projected consumer behavior (“adopters”, “rejecters”, and “undecided”) for both products. Besides the differences in product evaluation and projected consumer behavior, the user groups are significantly influenced by the individual affinity to textiles (both products) and gender (smart jacket). The findings are used to derive design and communication guidelines referring to interactive textiles in order to incorporate users’ needs, wishes, and requirements into future products.

Offermann-Van Heek, J., Brauner, P., Ziefle, M.: Let’s talk about TEX—Understanding consumer preferences for smart interactive textile products using a conjoint analysis approach. Sensors. 18, (2018).

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https://doi.org/10.3390/s18093152

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