Abstract
Because LEDs offer flexible expressions such as brightness, color control, and various patterns, they are popularly used in multidevice interactions. Moreover, LEDs have excellent physical characteristics. However, existing LED light-based wearable interactions are designed for interest and attention. So, LED can be used in fashion as it can give new look to our style and at the same time also as an interaction device. Therefore, in this paper, we present the design guideline for regulating the technical implementation, design strategies, and directions of interactive LED devices. The technology and design concepts are demonstrated through a case study (analysis) of an existing LED light-based wearable interaction. We also design a scenario-based iterative collaborative design process model. Finally, we develop a smart fashion of modular strapped cuffs and zipper slider types that can be attached and detached according to the user’s preference as the interactive smart fashion using user-oriented visible light communication, ultimately pursuing a visual-MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) product through stepwise strategy.
Highlights
Wearable technology applied products are contributing to high value-added businesses that cater to the emotional needs of users seeking creative newness as well as changing consumer lifestyles by fusing technology and fashion
In the following we summarize the design process model by which we developed our stepwise strategy for the VLCbased smart fashion prototypes: (1) In the Planning and Killer Application Development stage, the content is tailored to users by exploiting the visible light communication (VLC) and the correlations among men, clothes, and technology
Interactive relationships in VLC-based smart fashion are formed between the individuals wearing LED-applied clothes and their observers, or among a group wearing LED-applied clothes
Summary
Wearable technology applied products are contributing to high value-added businesses that cater to the emotional needs of users seeking creative newness as well as changing consumer lifestyles by fusing technology and fashion. The word “fashion,” in this paper, indicates new look of our dress combined with technology. The technology has two purposes: (i) giving our dress a distinctive style and (ii) sharing information about what we want to share. Because of this communication factor, we mention it as “smart fashion” or “interactive smart fashion” or “wearable interactions” or “wearable technology applied products.”. A good example is smart fashion, which combines clothing with luminous bodies such as optical fibers, LEDs, and electroluminescent films. Smart fashion is being developed for various applications such as entertainment, communication, and safety protection
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