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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.8.99

User Experience Analysis of Smart bands  

Kim, Gun-A (Dept of Design Institute, Inje University)
Kim, Suk-Tae (Dept of Interior Design, Inje University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.8, 2017 , pp. 99-105 More about this Journal
Abstract
With the advancement of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the wearable-device industry is growing at a rapid pace in line with the hyper-connected society of people-to-things and things-to-things network connections. International Data Corporation (IDC), a market research institute, estimates that the wearable-device industry will grow rapidly by 2020, despite not yet attracting a popular response. This study investigates the trend of the wearable-device industry and draws implications for product and service development through user experience analysis. The subject of analysis was smart bands and the data generated from product review were collected and analyzed. As a result, user experience could extract utility, usability, aesthetics, value, and reliability, and polarity was analysed and visualized in the extracted data. The study results reveal that current wearable-devices are expensive, that users cannot receive useful information from the long-term viewpoint since the analysis of accumulated data remains focused on functional development, and that they are recognized as a fashion item or an accessory. These factors hinder the continuous usage, motivation and market spread of the product. In a future follow-up study, we will conduct a comparative study on bands and watches by analyzing the second smart watch.
Keywords
Fitbit Alta; Miband2; Smart band Analysis; UX Analysis; User Experience;
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