TY - GEN
T1 - Unmasked
AU - Nam, Hye Yeon
AU - Hernandez, Iyleah
AU - Harmon, Brendan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Owner/Author.
PY - 2020/10/20
Y1 - 2020/10/20
N2 - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a mask to cover one's mouth is recommended in public spaces to prevent the spread of the virus. Wearing masks hinders our ability to express ourselves, as it is hard to read facial expressions much less lips behind a mask. We present Unmasked, an expressive interface using lip tracking to enhance communication while wearing a mask. Unmasked uses three different methods - either accelerometers, LEDs with a camera tracking, or streaming video - to make speaking while wearing a mask more expressive. Unmasked aims to improve communication during conversations while wearing a mask. This device will help people express themselves while wearing a mask by tracking their mouth movements and displaying their facial expressions on an LCD mounted on the front of the mask. By enhancing communication while wearing a mask, this prototype makes social distancing less disruptive and more bearable, metaphorically closing some of the distance between us.
AB - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a mask to cover one's mouth is recommended in public spaces to prevent the spread of the virus. Wearing masks hinders our ability to express ourselves, as it is hard to read facial expressions much less lips behind a mask. We present Unmasked, an expressive interface using lip tracking to enhance communication while wearing a mask. Unmasked uses three different methods - either accelerometers, LEDs with a camera tracking, or streaming video - to make speaking while wearing a mask more expressive. Unmasked aims to improve communication during conversations while wearing a mask. This device will help people express themselves while wearing a mask by tracking their mouth movements and displaying their facial expressions on an LCD mounted on the front of the mask. By enhancing communication while wearing a mask, this prototype makes social distancing less disruptive and more bearable, metaphorically closing some of the distance between us.
KW - covid-19
KW - emotions
KW - expressive interface
KW - lip tracking
KW - mask
KW - physical computing
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U2 - 10.1145/3379350.3416137
DO - 10.1145/3379350.3416137
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85095588669
T3 - UIST 2020 - Adjunct Publication of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
SP - 111
EP - 113
BT - UIST 2020 - Adjunct Publication of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2020
Y2 - 20 October 2020 through 23 October 2020
ER -