Mobile Sonification for Athletes: A Case Study in Commercialization of Sonification
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Godbout, Andrew
Thornton, Chris
Boyd, Jeffery E.
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Abstract
Several companies, including Under Armour, Nike and Adidas,
are taking advantage of advances in sensor technology to sell
wearable systems that measure, record, and analyze the motion of
athletes. To date, these systems make little, if any use of sonification.
Therefore, there is an opportunity for sonification methods
in this domain, including the potential to reach a mass market.
In the fall of 2013, Under Armour and NineSigma created
the Armour39 Challenge, an open call for proposals to build new
technology for the Armour39, Under Armour’s wearable motion
and heart-rate sensor. The authors of this paper responded to the
challenge, proposing novel sonification systems to exploit the data
from the Armour39. This paper presents these systems, including
issues, solutions, and tools for sonification performed on a mobile
device with a wearable sensor. The sonifications are rhythmic, exploiting
the periodicity of human motion, and are demonstrated
by sonifying athletic performance metrics in real-time for speed
skating and running.
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2014-06
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