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WayMarkr: acquiring perspective through continuous documentation

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The WayMarkr system turns a mobile device into a self-documenting wearable device with virtually unlimited disk space. WayMarkr uses a mobile device's camera to take continuous photographs from the vantage point of the wearer. The ubiquity of mobile devices makes WayMarkr unobtrusive, and the first image based Memex device widely available to the general public. Collected photographs create a personal narrative as a set collected in context. Captured photographic narratives give users perspective, insight, and an alternative access to memory recollection of their daily lives.

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            MUM '06: Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Mobile and ubiquitous multimedia
            December 2006
            78 pages
            ISBN:1595936076
            DOI:10.1145/1186655
            • General Chair:
            • Vidya Setlur

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            • Published: 4 December 2006

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