Masks are often considered uncomfortable because of their restricting nature in both breathing and interaction. They can also bring forth other physical discomforts. The Fabric4Masks project considers understanding mask comfort to be an integral part of designing new and improved face masks which is why a comfort study was performed as part of the project.
The research consisted of an iterative set of user studies. Each study addressed a different side of the research question: How can we design for optimized comfort and use of face masks?
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