Mann has been described as the "father of wearable computing".
Through the history and development of wearable computing, this vision has been both contrasted and affirmed.
Interactive designers are frequently commissioned for museum displays; a number specialize in wearable computing.
Today still "wearable computing" is a topic of active research, with areas of study including user interface design, augmented reality, pattern recognition.
So far, wearable computing has been for the highly technical and the very strange.
The emphasis on ubiquitous computing is to be contrasted with wearable computing.
Starner is probably most well known for being a strong advocate for wearable computing.
Next step in wearable computing: t-shirts that display annoying web ads.
Maybe they can do the same with wearable computing.
"We realized that people have already chosen their form of wearable computing,."