Gestures for Controlling a Moveable TV

Kashmiri Stec, Lars Bo Larsen

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Abstract

We investigate the effects of physical context on the preference and production of touchless (3D) gestures, focusing on what users consider to be natural and intuitive. Using an elicitation task, we asked for users' preferred gestures to control a "moving TV" display from a distance of 3-4m. We conducted three user studies (N=16 each) using the same premise but varying the physical conditions encountered, such as number of hands available or distance and orientation to the display. This is important to ensure the robustness of the gesture set. We observed two dominant strategies which we interpret as dependent on the user's mental model: hand-as-display and hand-moving-display. Across the varying conditions, users were found to be consistent with their preferred gesture strategy while varying the production (number of hands, orientation, extension of arms) of their gestures in order to match both their mental models and the physical context of use. From a technology perspective, this natural variation challenges the notion of identifying "the optimal gesture set" and should be taken into account when designing future systems with gesture control.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2018 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video
Number of pages10
Place of PublicationNew York, NY, USA
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publication dateJun 2018
Pages5-14
ISBN (Print)978-1-4503-5115-7
ISBN (Electronic)9781450351157
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2018
EventTVX'18: ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 26 Jun 201828 Jun 2018
http://tvx2018.com/

Conference

ConferenceTVX'18
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period26/06/201828/06/2018
Internet address

Keywords

  • Gesture interfaces
  • Gesture manipulation of physical objects
  • Gesture variation
  • Human centric
  • Interaction design
  • Models
  • Natural user interfaces
  • Perception
  • User experience

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