GesturesGeekSpeak

What?

Human-computer interaction Broadly defined: any movement that

conveys an intention or meaning Touch Gestures:

Windows Phone Interaction Guide-▪ Single touch - easier interaction with one hand▪ Multi-touch – requires a posture shift; more

advanced functionality Accelerometer based gestures

- Source: UI Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone 7

When?

Gestures may have originated with the “beam” feature (Palm)

Touch and accelerometer based gestures became popular with the iPhone

- Source: How to do everything with your Palm handheld

Who?

Support gestures: iOS Devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) Blackberry Nokia Android Windows Phone devices (6.0, 6.1, 6.5, 7) Palm WebOS

- Source: Touch Gesture Reference Guide

How?

Categories of gesture interactions Demonstration▪ ex. Swype demo on startup

Metaphor▪ ex. stretch to zoom

Annotated Control Diagram▪ ex. iPhone Unlock Screen

- Source: Interactive Gestures

Examples (apps)

Hoccer (iPhone & Andriod) Share data using intuitive gestures

without the need for cumbersome on-screen keyboards.

Use web client to throw content onto a choosable location.

- Source: hoccer.com

Examples (apps)

Swiper Music Player (iOS) One Finger Controls

Press & Hold -Toggle play/pauseTap once -Go to next trackTap twice -Go to last track Swipe left -Go to next trackSwipe right -Go to last trackSwipe up -Increase volumeSwipe down -Decrease volume

Two Finger ControlsSwipe left -Go to next playlistSwipe right -Go to last playlistSwipe up -Play all songs randomlySwipe down -Select songs to play

Three Finger ControlsSwipe up -Go to normal modeSwipe down -Go to black screen mode*

- Source: Swiper on iTunes App Store, SwiperApp.com

Examples (apps)

Android Gesture Search Started as Google Labs

Experiment Works for searching through

contacts, bookmarks and apps.

Queries can be erased by drawing a line left to right.

Drawing right to left removes the last letter in the current sequence. - Source:

Mashable

What’s Next?

Kinect for Xbox 360 Recognizes you and responds to your

gestures. Connecting in a whole new way is as easy as a wave of your hand.

Kinect removes the last barrier between you and the experiences you love.

Sixth Sense Technology

- Source: xbox.com, TED Talks

References

Touch Gesture Reference Guide Interactive Gestures UI Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone 7 iOS Reference Library How to do everything with your Palm handheld Swiper App

SwiperApp.com iTunes App Store

Hoccer App Hoccer.com iTunes App Store

Google Gesture Search- Mashable Xbox.com Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense

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