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Social yoga mats: reinforcing synergy between physical and social activity

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This paper discusses our early research into the design space for digital technologies that extend the existing synergistic relationship between physical and social activity from fitness centers to the home. We focus on yoga activity for senior citizens and explore the concept of social yoga mats, which spread awareness of individuals' exercise activities within a peer group. We describe the concept, hardware sketches, exploratory co-design process and discuss our findings and early reflections into this design space.

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    CHI EA '11: CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    May 2011
    2554 pages
    ISBN:9781450302685
    DOI:10.1145/1979742

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    2. seniors
    3. ticket to talk
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    • (2015)Synchronous yoga and meditation over distance using video chatProceedings of the 41st Graphics Interface Conference10.5555/2788890.2788923(187-194)Online publication date: 3-Jun-2015
    • (2014)Using adaptive architecture to support Yoga practices: Social considerations for design2014 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops (PERCOM WORKSHOPS)10.1109/PerComW.2014.6815233(364-369)Online publication date: Mar-2014
    • (2012)Social yoga matsProceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction10.1145/2148131.2148151(87-90)Online publication date: 19-Feb-2012

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