Social Environment: Towards an Intuitive User Interface
Michael Hoch, Georg Trogemann · 1996
In this paper we describe a scenario for a so called “Social Environment ” which allows for a more in-tuitive man-machine communication by using the entire space in front of a large back-projection screen. Computer vision, recognizing movements, gestures and posture, and speech recognition are used, placing the user in a non-intrusive environ-ment. The interaction is related to the location and movement of the user within this space and is de-scribed in two exemplary applications. For a pointing gesture we will describe a simple algorithm that is based on the intersection of planes. The interface has a special focus on the needs of people in creative fields such as visual arts or film. 1