Captivates: A Smart Eyeglass Platform for Across-Context Physiological Measurement
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Chwalek, Patrick; Ramsay, David; Paradiso, Joseph A
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<jats:p>We present Captivates, an open-source smartglasses system designed for long-term, in-the-wild psychophysiological monitoring at scale. Captivates integrate many underutilized physiological sensors in a streamlined package, including temple and nose temperature measurement, blink detection, head motion tracking, activity classification, 3D localization, and head pose estimation. Captivates were designed with an emphasis on: (1) manufacturing and scalability, so we can easily support large scale user studies for ourselves and offer the platform as a generalized tool for ambulatory psychophysiology research; (2) robustness and battery life, so long-term studies result in trustworthy data individual's entire day in natural environments without supervision or recharge; and (3) aesthetics and comfort, so people can wear them in their normal daily contexts without self-consciousness or changes in behavior.</jats:p>
<jats:p>Captivates are intended to enable large scale data collection without altering user behavior. We validate that our sensors capture useful data robustly for a small set of beta testers. We also show that our additional effort on aesthetics was imperative to meet our goals; namely, earlier versions of our prototype make people uncomfortable to interact naturally in public, and our additional design and miniaturization effort has made a significant impact in preserving natural behavior.</jats:p>
<jats:p>There is tremendous promise in translating psychophysiological laboratory techniques into real-world insight. Captivates serve as an open-source bridge to this end. Paired with an accurate underlying model, Captivates will be able to quantify the long-term psychological impact of our design decisions and provide real-time feedback for technologists interested in actuating a cognitively adaptive, user-aligned future.</jats:p>
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2021Department
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Journal
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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Chwalek, Patrick, Ramsay, David and Paradiso, Joseph A. 2021. "Captivates: A Smart Eyeglass Platform for Across-Context Physiological Measurement." Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 5 (3).
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