Re: Acceptance of wearables

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Good afternoon,
After thinking a bit about it, I have distributed a questionnaire aiming =
at=20
getting information about acceptance of wearables from the general=20
public. I focused on electronic garments.

So far I have gathered 200 replies, half of which are coming from =
France,=20
the rest mainly from Japan, Germany, Canada, and USA. Ages between=20
16 and 67. Many different jobs.

I am now extracting information from the questionnaires. I can already=20
say that Japanese and Westerners are looking for very different =
functions=20
and equipment. I will send you details next week, just the time to =
organize=20
and check the conclusions.

Duval Sebastien

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:  [mailto:]=20
>> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:44 PM
>> To: Wearable Hardware Discussion List; Sebastien Duval
>> Cc: [List] Wearables
>> Subject: Re: [Wear-Hard] Acceptance of wearables
>>=20
>>=20
>> Are you intending to interview people, and will these be in=20
>> academia and industry, or the general public? If your=20
>> talking about acceptance in those 2 areas your going to get=20
>> a very different view compared to acceptance by the general public.
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>> I also think you might find it difficult to find enough=20
>> wearable users to make it a valid study, but if you have=20
>> enough people go for it. I think it would be an interesting study
>>=20
>> Alan
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>>=20
>> Quoting Sebastien Duval <>:
>>=20
>> > Good evening,
>> > I plan to do a comparative survey about acceptance of wearables in=20
>> > France and in Japan. Has any of you heard about something=20
>> equivalent done before? Any reference or data available?
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Sebastien Duval <>
>> > Ph.D. student <http://www.soken.ac.jp>

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