Research Article

Midair Gestural Techniques for Translation Tasks in Large-Display Interaction

Table 1

The comparison of user studies designing interaction techniques for translation tasks.

Gestural interaction techniqueReferenced literatureApplication domain (recognition technology or study approach)User interface taskComparative study (comparable gestures)Performance metrics

Swipe[13]TV control (elicitation study)Next/previousNoNo
[14]TV control (Microsoft Kinect)Next/previousNoYes
[15]General (Microsoft Kinect)ScrollYes (swipe versus fist)Yes
[16]General (elicitation study)ScrollNoNo
[17]TV control (elicitation study and Microsoft Kinect)Next/previousNoNo
[18]Video communication (Microsoft Kinect)Next/previousNoNo
[19]TV control (elicitation study)Next/previousNoNo
[20]Learning application (Microsoft Kinect)Drag and dropNoNo
[21]TV control (elicitation study)Next/previousNoNo

Palm[22]Tiled display (Microsoft Kinect)Drag itemsNoNo
[23]Small display (Microsoft Kinect)BrowsingNoNo
[13]Smart TV (elicitation study)ScrollNoNo
[24]General study (Microsoft Kinect)Cursor controlYes (dwelling versus moving)No

Fist[25]General (Intel RealSense)TranslationNoNo
[26]General (elicitation study)MoveNoNo
[2]Public information display (Microsoft Kinect)BrowsingYes (palm versus fist)No

Pinch[7]General (Leap Motion)ScrollNoYes
[27]General (Microsoft Kinect)Drag and dropYes (pinch, circling versus mouse drag)Yes
[3]AR menu environment (Microsoft’s HoloLens)ScrollNoNo

Sideways[28]Image browsing (Microsoft Kinect sensor)Horizontal scrollingYes (sideways, wheel versus swipe)Yes

Publications where a detailed gesture interaction description was provided are marked with.