Gesture at the User Interface

Sunday, May 7 and Monday Morning, May 8

The goal of this workshop is to explore state-of-the-art uses of, and ongoing research issues associated with the use of empty-handed gesture at the user interface. Gesture is an important part of the human capability to deal with multi-modal information. It serves three primary functions: (1) it is communicative, often in conjunction with speech, (2) it is tactile, conveying touch and haptic feedback, and (3) it is prehensive, grasping, holding, and manipulating. All three of these functions are important for natural interfaces. Gestures are particularly important in systems that deal with complex spatio-temporal information such as CAD/CAM, architecture, event simulation, robotics, and virtual environments. We will consider the research agendas of the three primary function areas and related subareas, such as assistive technologies for disabled people. The goal is to understand how people working with gesture can expand and improve the use of this mode in the human interface to computer systems.

This one-and-a-half-day workshop is limited to 20 participants.

Contact:

Alan Wexelblat
MIT Media Lab, E15-305
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
E-mail: wex@media.mit.edu
Tel: +1 617 253 9833
Fax: +1 617 628 2466