Gestures and Interaction: exploiting natural abilities in the design of interactive systems

This talk explores the role of gestures in computer supported collaboration. People make extensive use of non-verbal forms of communication when they interact with each other in everyday life: of these, gestures are relatively easy to observe and quantify. However, the role of gestures in human computer interaction so far has been focused mainly on using conventional signs like visible commands, rather than on exploiting all nuances of such natural human skill. We propose a perspective on natural interaction that builds on recent advances in tangible interaction, embodiment and computer supported collaborative work. We consider the social and cognitive aspects of gestures and manipulations to support our claim of a primacy of tangible and multi-touch interfaces, and describe our experiences focused on assessing the suitability of such interface paradigms to traditional application scenarios.

@InProceedings{Sor12,
  author       = {Soro, A.},
  title        = {Gestures and Interaction: exploiting natural abilities in the design of interactive systems},
  booktitle    = {Collana seminari interni 2012},
  number       = {20120606},
  month        = {june},
  year         = {2012},
  url          = {https://publications.crs4.it/pubdocs/2012/Sor12},
}