Building up virtual environments using gestures

  • Authors:

  • Alexander Marinc;Carsten Stocklöw;Andreas Braun

  • Affiliations:

  • Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD, Darmstadt, Germany;Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD, Darmstadt, Germany;Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD, Darmstadt, Germany

  • Venue:
  • UAHCI'13 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: applications and services for quality of life - Volume Part III
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

When realizing human-machine-interaction in smart environments it is required to create a virtual representation of the environment that encompasses not only location of the different devices supported but may also contain meta-information such as technical and logical communication layers or a description of supported functionalities, e.g. by using semantics. Creating this representation typically requires technical knowledge and manipulation of object representation files. Therefor it is a major challenge to enable this set-up for regular users, by providing an easy way to establish the virtual environment and the respective position and orientation of integrated devices. In this work we present a novel user-centered approach to create these physical parameters in the virtual representation. Based on intuitive gestural interaction we are able to define the boundaries of appliances and select their capabilities. We have evaluated this method with various users, in order to investigate if such a gestural modification of virtual representations provides an easy way for regular users to create their own smart environment.