{"id":259,"date":"2009-09-20T03:47:11","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T10:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/artwork\/wearcomp\/"},"modified":"2021-01-01T23:25:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:25:22","slug":"wearcomp","status":"publish","type":"artwork","link":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/artwork\/wearcomp\/","title":{"rendered":"Wearcomp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/steve5-2.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/wearcam.org\/steve5.jpg\" title=\"http:\/\/wearcam.org\/steve5.jpg\" width=\"555\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Steve Mann\u2019s WearComp, or wearable computers, offer one vision of what such a future might be like. Starting in the 1970s with an attempt to develop a computerized \u2018photographer\u2019s assistant,\u2019 Mann quickly moved into the larger field of \u2018personal imaging\u2019 wherein a pair of eyeglasses, equipped with sensors and screens, gave the wearer the ability to see things that would otherwise be imperceptible. Such input devices were later joined with wearable computers with wireless networking capability that enabled the recording of incoming data, the superposition of information in the wearer\u2019s field of view and the dissemination of these data-streams over the Internet. These devices raise<br \/>questions about art, cyborgs and surveillance in an era when augmented and virtual realities are increasingly being incorporated into the understanding of<br \/>perception. Mann\u2019s continued work in this field has demonstrated the many<br \/>possibilities for wearable computers, from predicting where balls will land on a<br \/>roulette table to helping the blind.&#8221;[1]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/r2025_3a-2.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/wearcam.org\/ieeecomputer\/r2025_3a.jpg\" title=\"http:\/\/wearcam.org\/ieeecomputer\/r2025_3a.jpg\" width=\"463\" height=\"606\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,geneva; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>1980 prototype with a 1.5-inch CRT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,geneva; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/r2025_3b-2.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/wearcam.org\/ieeecomputer\/r2025_3b.jpg\" title=\"http:\/\/wearcam.org\/ieeecomputer\/r2025_3b.jpg\" width=\"463\" height=\"618\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,geneva; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>late 1980s multimedia computer with a 0.6-inch CRT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,geneva; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/r2025_3c-2.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/wearcam.org\/ieeecomputer\/r2025_3c.jpg\" title=\"http:\/\/wearcam.org\/ieeecomputer\/r2025_3c.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"661\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,geneva; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>a more recent commercially available display<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,geneva; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/r2025_3d-2.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/wearcam.org\/ieeecomputer\/r2025_3d.jpg\" title=\"http:\/\/wearcam.org\/ieeecomputer\/r2025_3d.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"639\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,geneva; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>a current, nearly undetectable, prototype consisting of eyeglasses, a handheld control, and a computer worn in back under the shirt<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[1] Edward A. 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