Iteratively designing gesture vocabularies: A survey and analysis of best practices in the HCI literature

H **a, M Glueck, M Annett, M Wang… - ACM Transactions on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Gestural interaction has evolved from a set of novel interaction techniques developed in
research labs, to a dominant interaction modality used by millions of users everyday …

iFAD gestures: understanding users' gesture input performance with index-finger augmentation devices

RD Vatavu - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We examine gestures performed with a class of input devices with distinctive quality
properties in the wearables landscape, which we call “index-Finger Augmentation …

Interaction and recognition challenges in interpreting children's touch and gesture input on mobile devices

L Anthony, Q Brown, J Nias, B Tate… - Proceedings of the 2012 …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
As mobile devices like the iPad and iPhone become increasingly commonplace,
touchscreen interactions are quickly overtaking other interaction methods in terms of …

Understanding gesture input articulation with upper-body wearables for users with upper-body motor impairments

RD Vatavu, OC Ungurean - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We examine touchscreen stroke-gestures and mid-air motion-gestures articulated by users
with upper-body motor impairments with devices worn on the wrist, finger, and head. We …

Clarifying agreement calculations and analysis for end-user elicitation studies

RD Vatavu, JO Wobbrock - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We clarify fundamental aspects of end-user elicitation, enabling such studies to be run and
analyzed with confidence, correctness, and scientific rigor. To this end, our contributions are …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding the consistency of users' pen and finger stroke gesture articulation

L Anthony, RD Vatavu… - Proceedings of Graphics …, 2013 - researchgate.net
Little work has been done on understanding the articulation patterns of users' touch and
surface gestures, despite the importance of such knowledge to inform the design of gesture …

Improving gesture recognition accuracy on touch screens for users with low vision

RD Vatavu - Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
We contribute in this work on gesture recognition to improve the accessibility of touch
screens for people with low vision. We examine the accuracy of popular recognizers for …

Stroke-gesture input for people with motor impairments: empirical results & research roadmap

RD Vatavu, OC Ungurean - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
We examine the articulation characteristics of stroke-gestures produced by people with
upper body motor impairments on touchscreens as well as the accuracy rates of popular …

A comparative study of user-defined handheld vs. freehand gestures for home entertainment environments

RD Vatavu - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Home entertainment systems have been continuously providing new functionalities to their
users in a process in which they evolved from standalone electronic appliances to complex …

Designing smarter touch-based interfaces for educational contexts

L Anthony, Q Brown, B Tate, J Nias, R Brewer… - Personal and Ubiquitous …, 2014 - Springer
In next-generation classrooms and educational environments, interactive technologies such
as surface computing, natural gesture interfaces, and mobile devices will enable new means …