HeadRoom: Lightweight, Edge-deployable Pipeline for Adaptive Notification Routing
Human-Computer Interaction
2026-07-09 v1
Abstract
Emerging wearables, such as smart glasses, can deliver notifications through multiple sensory channels, but there is still a limited understanding of how to choose the right channel at the right moment. We propose HeadRoom, a lightweight, edge-deployable pipeline that estimates the availability of visual and auditory channels in real time from egocentric video and audio. Our controlled user study (N=25) shows that, under high perceptual load, routing notifications to the more available channel reduces response time relative to routing them to the less available channel. This work opens up a new possibility for adaptive routing of notifications in wearable and immersive systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2607.08083,
title = {HeadRoom: Lightweight, Edge-deployable Pipeline for Adaptive Notification Routing},
author = {Dinithi Dissanayake and Prasanth Sasikumar and Suranga Nanayakkara},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.08083},
year = {2026}
}