IoT Skullfort: exploring the impact of internet connected cosplay

Beckett, Rhys and Perera, Charith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0190-3346 2019. IoT Skullfort: exploring the impact of internet connected cosplay. Presented at: 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), London, United Kingdom, 11-13 September, 2019. Adjunct Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. New York, NY, USA: ACM, pp. 5-8. 10.1145/3341162.3343783

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Abstract

In this paper, we explore the potential impact of Internet of Things (IoT) technology may have on the cosplay community. We developed a costume (an IoT Skullfort) and embedded IoT technology to enhance its capabilities and user interactions. Sensing technologies are widely used in many different wearable domains including cosplay scenarios. However, in most of these scenarios, typical interaction pattern is that the costume responds to its environment or the player's behaviour (e.g., colour of lights may get changed when player moves hands). In contrast, our research focuses on exploring scenarios where the audience (third party) get to manipulate the costume behaviour (e.g., the audience get to change the colour of the Skullfort using a mobile application). We believe such an audience (third party) influenced cosplay brings new opportunities for enhanced entertainment. However, it also creates significant challenges. We report the results gathered through a focus group conducted in collaboration with cosplay community experts.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Computer Science & Informatics
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Publisher:	ACM
ISBN:	9781450368698
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	12 August 2020
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2022 10:58
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/134095

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