The effort of social networking on social behavior - Integrating Twitter, mobile devices, and wearable clothing as an example

Abstract

In this research, we proposed a new communication method system which is based on Social Network Services (SNS). As the medium, we used a T-shirt with an AR marker printed on it (AR T-shirt). User wears the AR T-shirt and has their Tweets and latest messages shown on a mobile device. Typically, SNS users exchange personal messages or information in virtual world, web site or mobile interface. Therefore in this research, we tried to establish a new system to explore users behavior. In this system we utilizes Twitter, AR T-shirt, and mobile device (iPhone) to propose a new communication method. When people use iPhone to recognize AR marker on the AR T-shirt to communicate, it will initiate a new communication method. Users can directly send and receive the latest personal messages. Thus, this system will transform virtual communication into the real world. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.