Mathew Laibowitz, Jonathan Gips, Ryan Aylward, Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, Joseph A. Paradiso

Abstract

This paper describes the design and architecture of the UbERBadge, a wireless sensor node and wearable display designed to facilitate group interaction in large meetings and acquire a wide range of data for analyzing social dynamics. The platform design and its application suite is described, data is presented that shows the social patterns developing across large events, and experience is related from deployments of this system with groups of over 100 people.