The Fourth International Symposium on Wearable Computers: 16-17 October 2000 Atlanta, Georgia : Digest of Papers

by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Proceedings of the October 2000 symposium that addressed questions such as the ways wearable computers are superior, what applications and advantages does the interface afford that are not possible with more traditional ones, how to move from the virtual space of a desktop to the physical world of a mobile user, what defines wearability, and other related topics. The keynote address and 36 contributions discuss issues such as context awareness, user modeling, augmented realities, memory prosthetics, training systems, power generation and distribution systems, networking, perception, industrial design, and fashion. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

198 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2000

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operations center in Piscataway, New Jersey. It was formed in 1963 from the amalgamation of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers.

Due to its expansion of scope into so many related fields, it is simply referred to by the letters I-E-E-E (pronounced Eye-triple-E), except on legal business documents. As of 2018, it is the world's largest association of technical professionals with more than 423,000 members in over 160 countries around the world. Its objectives are the educational and technical advancement of electrical and electronic engineering, telecommunications, computer engineering and allied disciplines.