Dancevibe: Assistive dancing for the hearing impaired
Journal
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Journal Volume
240
Pages
21-39
Date Issued
2018
Author(s)
Abstract
Dancing to the rhythm in music comes natural for most of us. This however is a little far-fetched for the hearing impaired. Not being able to hear the music, the hearing impaired rely on visual aid and techniques such as mind counting to dance. To ease the learning process and alleviate the cognitive load in a dance performance, we propose DanceVibe, a wearable device that replays the beats in music via vibrations. In a 35-volunteer user study conducted over 3-month time, we find the system adds to the visual aid in the learning process and is effective enhancing dance performance. The system is particularly useful enabling on-stage performance without the need to memorize and mind count the beats. A word of caution before using DanceVibe and DanceVibe only on stage is that it does require practice and familiarity to the concept of rhythm. ? ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2018.
Subjects
Assistive dancing; Human computer interaction; Wearable computing
SDGs
Other Subjects
Human computer interaction; Learning systems; Mobile computing; Wearable technology; Assistive; Cognitive loads; Hearing impaired; Learning process; Stage performance; Visual aids; Wearable computing; Wearable devices; Audition
Type
conference paper