Work

Studying the Visual Representation of Microgestures

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: The representations of microgestures are essentials for researchers presenting their results through academic papers and system designers proposing tutorials to novice users. However, those representations remain disparate and inconsistent. As a first attempt to investigate how to best graphically represent microgestures, we created 21 designs, each depicting static and dynamic versions of 4 commonly used microgestures (tap, swipe, flex and hold). We first studied these designs in a quantitative online experiment with 45 participants. We then conducted a qualitative laboratory experiment in Augmented Reality with 16 participants. Based on the results, we provide design guidelines on which elements of a microgesture should be represented and how. In particular, it is recommended to represent the actuator and the trajectory of a microgesture. Also, although preferred by users, dynamic representations are not considered better than their static counterparts for depicting a microgesture and do not necessarily result in a better user recognition.

Source: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

DOI: 10.1145/3604272

Authors: Vincent Lambert, Adrien Chaffangeon Caillet, Alix Goguey, Sylvain Malacria, Laurence Nigay

Institutions: Institut polytechnique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, Université de Lille, Centrale Lille Institut

Language: English

Topic: Interactive and Immersive Displays

Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche

Awards: G3010527862, Promoting and improving discoverability in interactive systems, Microgesture Interaction in Context