The development of FitMe: integrated wearable vest and fitness application.

Wearable technology usage is widely increasing due to its significant function in various domains, including health. For example, the activity tracker is the most used wearable device in the health domain. However, the issue of existing fitness trackers like wristbands and smartwatches was reported due to the screen size restricting the interactive interface. With the various forms of wearable technology, there is a potential to design a solution using the wearable vest. Therefore, the integrated wearable vest and fitness application named FitMe was developed in this study. The vest was embedded with a wearable device comprised of accelerometer sensors that detect user movement when worn, such as steps count. Meanwhile, the fitness application is responsible for displaying the detected data and other fitness information such as total travelled distance and burned calories. The development framework was first determined before successfully developing the integrated wearable vest and application. Consequently, three main phases, analysis, design and implementation, were identified, whereby every phase consists of activities that must be completed before moving to the next stage. In addition, this study plans to conduct an empirical study to evaluate the system's effectiveness. The development of this study also hoped to benefit other researchers and developers, especially in the wearable fields.