2. Wearable Computers for Performance Support - Initial Feasibility Study
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Week -2 Name: Suraksha Shukla Abstract: Performance support system, a system that provides required training to office workers has been proven to be a very helpful tool to organizations. The trend of using desktop computers in organizations has kept mobile workers from using the performance support systems. But by providing performance support system on wearable computer could help organizations overcome this problem and can add more advantages and ease to staffs. To check the possibility of this happening, an extensive experiment was done using the head mounted display, voice command and a set of tests to verify the effectiveness of proposed system over traditional way. Tests consisted of instruction on creating an origami and finding words, and one group of users were given wearable computers and other group were given books. Even without the prior knowledge of the system, many users were able to use the system without much of a hitch. Unfamiliarity to the interface and function of the system caused a little unease to users initially but the average time taken by users using wearable computer was almost equal to that of book’s if not less as expected. Which leads to conclusion that using performance support system with wearable computer is feasible and providing the certain amount of training to users and making user-interface more user-friendly can add further efficiency and effectiveness. Reference: 1. Ockerman, J. J., L. J. Najjar, and C. Thompson, “Wearable computers for performance support: Initial feasibility study”, Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Wearable Computers, pp. 10-17, 1997.
2. Wearable Computers for Performance Support - Initial Feasibility Study
Abstract:Performance support system, a system that provides
required training to office workers has been proven to be a very
helpful tool to organizations. The trend of using desktop computers
in organizations has kept mobile workers from using the performance
support systems. But by providing performance support system on
wearable computer could help organizations overcome this problem
and can add more advantages and ease to staffs. To check the
possibility of this happening, an extensive experiment was done
using the head mounted display, voice command and a set of tests to
verify the effectiveness of proposed system over traditional way.
Tests consisted of instruction on creating an origami and finding
words, and one group of users were given wearable computers and
other group were given books. Even without the prior knowledge of
the system, many users were able to use the system without much of
a hitch. Unfamiliarity to the interface and function of the system
caused a little unease to users initially but the average time
taken by users using wearable computer was almost equal to that of
books if not less as expected. Which leads to conclusion that using
performance support system with wearable computer is feasible and
providing the certain amount of training to users and making
user-interface more user-friendly can add further efficiency and
effectiveness.
Reference:1. Ockerman, J. J., L. J. Najjar, and C. Thompson,
Wearable computers for performance support: Initial feasibility
study, Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Wearable
Computers, pp. 10-17, 1997.
