Towards Developing an Interaction Design Model for Services that Utilise Mobile and Wearable Devices
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https://doi.org/10.29304/jqcsm.2026.18.32786Keywords:
mobile and wearable devices, diary study, interaction design, design modelAbstract
Despite how popular the wearables have become, there is still some challenges and implications for using them, which might lessen their potentials. This paper presents a preliminary empirical study to investigate how mobile and wearable devices communicate as an integrated service throughout people’s daily routine. Qualitative research approach was adopted with data being gathered using diary entry study. A preliminary insight was captured based on the study, which resulted in developing an alpha version of a theoretical design model for developing the interaction for services that utilise mobile and wearable devices. The model consists of four themes, which are; notifications related, devices related, UIs design related and obstacles and challenges.
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