Category Archives: Gestural Interfaces

After giving this talk over a dozen times over the last two years, I’ve decided to retire Tap is the New Click. Here are the slides. Continue reading Tap is the New Click >>

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Does your mother know what gestural interfaces are?

Mine does now, in part because of our work at Kicker Studio, but also in part because of recent coverage in the mainstream media, like Hitachi’s gesture-controlled TV featured on the Today Show yesterday. Continue reading Gestural TV Debuts on the Today Show >>

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In addition to Kicker’s own Gestural Entertainment Center for Canesta, there have been a lot of gestural interfaces that have launched recently. Here are a few that I found interesting. Continue reading A Collection of Gestural Interfaces, Spring 2009 edition >>

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While doing some research, I accidentally stumbled onto the Wikipedia entry for Gesture Recognition, an entry that, amazingly, I’d never seen before, despite days and days of research for Designing Gestural Interfaces. Buried in the entry is a great name for a condition that poorly-designed gestural interfaces can cause: gorilla arm. Continue reading Gorilla Arm >>

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One question that often gets asked, both at my talks and on projects, is how many gestures can a user reasonably be asked to remember in order to control a system? Continue reading How Many Gestures Can Users Remember? >>

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First it was public restrooms. Now your kitchen. This new side-by-side refrigerator by AEG-Electrolux conserves energy by going into sleep mode and but can be woken up with a wave, just like the paper towel dispenser at an airport bathroom Continue reading Interactive Gestures Coming to Appliances >>

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Here is a pdf version of the Tap is the New Click presentation slides (8mb) for your downloading pleasure! Continue reading Tap is the New Click Presentation >>

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