{"id":18441,"date":"2025-04-30T09:42:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T01:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/edic\/?page_id=18441"},"modified":"2025-06-26T20:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:24:40","slug":"cde5312","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/edic\/msc\/modules\/cde5312\/","title":{"rendered":"CDE5312 Beyond the Surface: Exploring Interactive Wearables"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2>CDE5312 Beyond the Surface: Exploring Interactive Wearables<\/h2>\r\n<p>This course aims to explore the limitless potential of interactive wearables &#8211; from virtual and augmented reality to smart textiles and artificial intelligence-based health-monitoring devices and immersive gaming gear. In this course, students will learn about designing wearable interfaces for seamless interaction among wearables, users, and environments; experimenting with sensors, actuators, microcontrollers, and artificial intelligence-driven applications; and leveraging hardware and software for wearable system prototyping. After completing this course, students should be able to apply interactive wearable technologies to tackle real-world projects, turning ideas into tangible solutions for various applications such as virtual and augmented reality, gaming, fashion, communication, and beyond.<\/p>\r\n<p>At the end of this course, students should be able to:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Understand common interaction paradigms and input\/output modalities for interactive wearables.<\/li>\r\n<li>Identify design requirements for interactive wearables.<\/li>\r\n<li>Analyse potential applications for interactive wearables.<\/li>\r\n<li>Create prototypes of interactive wearables using relevant interactive prototyping techniques.<\/li>\r\n<li>Analyse functionality, usability, and reliability of interactive wearable prototypes.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Workload: 4 units<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: This course is designed for graduate students but limited spaces are available for Year 4 undergraduate students.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Course syllabus<\/h3>\r\n<h4>1. Introduction to wearable technology<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Overview of wearable technology<\/li>\r\n<li>Historical perspective and current trends in wearable technology<\/li>\r\n<li>Challenges and opportunities in the field of wearable technology<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>2. Wearable user interfaces<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Human body spaces<\/li>\r\n<li>Wearable interaction paradigms<\/li>\r\n<li>Context-aware wearable interfaces<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>3. Input modalities for wearables<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Types of input modalities<\/li>\r\n<li>Wearable sensors<\/li>\r\n<li>Interactive prototyping techniques for input modalities<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>4. Output modalities for wearables<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Types of output modalities<\/li>\r\n<li>Wearable actuators<\/li>\r\n<li>Interactive prototyping techniques for output modalities<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>5. Design and development of wearables<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Design requirements for wearables<\/li>\r\n<li>Design methodology for wearable interactions<\/li>\r\n<li>Development process for wearables<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>6. Applications of wearables<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Wearables for accessibility<\/li>\r\n<li>Wearables for human augmentation<\/li>\r\n<li>Practical applications: fitness, metaverse, ageing, art, heritage, etc.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>7. Integration of wearable systems<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Wireless communication: WIFI and Bluetooth<\/li>\r\n<li>Cross-devices wearable systems<\/li>\r\n<li>Cross-platform wearable systems<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>8. Design and fabrication of wearable smart textiles<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Design of smart textiles<\/li>\r\n<li>Fabrication of smart textiles<\/li>\r\n<li>Modalities for integration of smart textiles<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>9. 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