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Exploring gesture generation for smartwatches: is user elicitation enough?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Saugata Pramanik ,
Sahil Pabbathi  and
Shakuntala Acharya
Saugata Pramanik
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Sahil Pabbathi*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Shakuntala Acharya
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
*
sahilpabbathi@gmail.com

Abstract

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Gestures are a preferred mode of interaction for smartwatches and these are commonly elicited either by expert/designers or by users. This paper aims to understand the most promising approach for generating and assessing gestures by employing two empirical studies to validate a set of expert/designer-generated gestures. It further gains insights into the users' mental models, their role as co-creators, and their considerations for one-handed gestures in smartwatches, and discusses the virtue of incorporating both approaches of gesture elicitation.

Keywords

gesture elicitationconceptual designdesign evaluationsmartwatchusability

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Type
Human Behaviour and Design Creativity
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 1045 - 1054
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