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ABSTRACT
Most gestural interaction studies on gesture elicitation have focused on hand gestures, and few have considered the involvement of other body parts. Moreover, most of the relevant studies used the frequency of the proposed gesture as the main index, and the participants were not familiar with the design space. In this study, we developed a gesture set that includes hand and non-hand gestures by combining the indices of gesture frequency, subjective ratings, and physiological risk ratings. We first collected candidate gestures in Experiment 1 through a user-defined method by requiring participants to perform gestures of their choice for 15 most commonly used commands, without any body part limitations. In Experiment 2, a new group of participants evaluated the representative gestures obtained in Experiment 1. We finally obtained a gesture set that included gestures made with the hands and other body parts. Three user characteristics were exhibited in this set: a preference for one-handed movements, a preference for gestures with social meaning, and a preference for dynamic gestures over static gestures.
Funding
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31271089; 31571119), Project of Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s republic of China (2016YFE0130400).
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Zhen Chen
Zhen Chen is a graduate student at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou. She majors in applied psychology, obtained Bachelor of Science from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 2015.
Xiaochi Ma
Xiaochi Ma is an undergraduate student at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. She majors in applied psychology.
Zeya Peng
Zeya Peng is an undergraduate student at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. She majors in applied psychology.
Ying Zhou
Ying Zhou is an undergraduate student at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. She majors in applied psychology.
Mengge Yao
Mengge Yao is an undergraduate student at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. She majors in applied psychology.
Zheng Ma
Zheng Ma is an undergraduate student at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. She majors in applied psychology.
Ci Wang
Ci Wang is a lecturer at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou. He majors in engineering psychology, and obtained Master of Science from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 2011.
Zaifeng Gao
Zaifeng Gao is a professor at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou. He majors in cognitive psychology, and obtained Ph.D from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 2009. His research focuses on engineering psychology and cognitive psychology.
Mowei Shen
Mowei Shen is a professor at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou. He majors in engineering psychology, and obtained Ph.D from Hangzhou University, Hangzhou, China, 1992.