Gesturing in the Air in Supporting Full Mobility
Weidong Huang, Leila Alem · 2024
A number of systems have been developed to support remote guidance by providing a shared visual space and using the space for gesturing. In an attempt to address the mobility and accessibility issues, the authors have developed HandsInAir, a wearable system for mobile remote guidance. This chapter presents a theoretical background for author's research, with a focus on shared visual spaces and the role of remote gestures for collaborative physical tasks. It briefly reviews approaches of supporting remote gestures that have been used in previous research, followed by the presentation of the “hands-in-the-air” approach. The chapter introduces HandsInAir system with detailed user interfaces and system specifications, followed by a usability study.