Breeze - Sharing Biofeedback Through Wearable Technologies

Explore a groundbreaking conference talk on wearable technology that shares biofeedback through breathing patterns. Delve into the design and development of digital breathing patterns and their evaluation across visual, audio, and haptic modalities. Discover Breeze, an innovative wearable pendant that measures breathing and provides real-time biofeedback. Learn how participants intentionally modified their breathing to match the biofeedback, gaining insight into underlying emotions. Examine the impact of breathing pattern features and feedback modalities on perception. Gain valuable guidelines and potential use cases, including how Breeze can foster connectedness and empathy between loved ones. Recorded at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Montréal, Canada, this 20-minute presentation offers a fascinating look at the intersection of wearable technology, biofeedback, and human-computer interaction.