Seamless interaction**

键盘、触摸屏和遥控器随时可以让个人与数字媒体互动。然而，它们需要用户与界面进行物理交互，从而阻止他们以自然，不受约束的方式使用他们的身体。此外，用于同时跟踪肢体的摄像机需要安装在表面，因此不适合全天跟踪个人。虽然最近市场上有一些精选的智能服装选择，但要完全实现个人与数字空间之间的无缝交互，仍然需要克服重大的技术挑战。目前的项目提出了一个“隐形”界面，可以毫不费力地与数字媒体互动。该界面由普通的衣服组成，这些衣服由创新的传感线编织而成，可以捕捉和解释身体和肢体的运动，提供生理信息（如心跳、呼吸和出汗），并整理个人数据，以用于学习行为和心理状态。数据提供给佩戴者供个人使用，也可用于设计最佳工作空间，以满足每个人以及整个社会的需求。该项目将研究这种新颖的界面，以增强虚拟/增强现实环境，并使个人能够使用他们的自然肢体语言来促进工作环境，在线课程讲座和游戏中的交流，而不需要在所有空间使用突兀的摄像头和/或其他表面安装的跟踪系统。这个项目将产生关于人类与数字媒体互动的新知识，并开发轻松互动的技术。这将为加拿大人提供与数字媒体沟通的有效途径，提高个人生产力，提高工作效率。这项研究的结果预计将对游戏、军事、健康、机器人和体育应用产生积极影响。重要的是，它将给总部位于加拿大的可穿戴技术公司Myant提供支持该项目并在国际上引领电子纺织品市场细分的机会，为一个极具前景和多元化的市场做出贡献。

Keyboards, touch screens, and remote controllers are readily available to allow individuals to interact with digital media. However, they require users to physically interact with an interface, thus preventing them from using their body in a natural, unconstrained way. Additionally, cameras used for simultaneous limb tracking need to be surface-mounted and therefore, are not best suited to track individuals throughout the day. Although there are a few select smart garment options recently available on the market, there are still significant technological challenges that must be overcome to fully realize seamless interaction between individuals and the digital space. The current project proposes an 'invisible' interface to effortlessly interact with digital media. The interface consists of regular-looking clothes weaved with innovative sensing threads that capture and interpret body and limb movements, provide physiological information (e.g. heartbeat, breathing and sweating) and collate personal data for the purpose of learning behaviours and psychological states. Data is provided to the wearers for personal use and can also be used for the design of optimal work spaces that meet the needs of each individual, and of our society at large. This project will investigate this novel interface to enhance virtual/augmented reality environments, and enable individuals to use their natural body language to facilitate communication in work settings, online course lectures, and gaming, without the need to instrument all spaces with obtrusive cameras and/or other surface-mounted tracking systems. This project will generate new knowledge on human interactions with digital media, and develop technology for effortless interactions. This, in turn, will provide Canadians with an effective way to communicate with digital media, improve personal productivity, and work more efficiently. Results of this research are anticipated to positively impact gaming, military, health, robotics, and sports applications. Importantly, it will give Myant, the Canadian-based wearable technology company that supports this project and leads the electronic textiles market segment internationally, the opportunity to contribute to a highly promising and diversified market.