Usable gestures for mobile interfaces: evaluating social acceptability

Gesture-based mobile interfaces require users to change the way they use technology in public settings. Since mobile phones are part of our public appearance, designers must integrate gestures that users perceive as acceptable for public use. This topic has received little attention in the literature so far. The studies described in this paper begin to look at the social acceptability of a set of gestures with respect to location and audience in order to investigate possible ways of measuring social acceptability. The results of the initial survey showed that location and audience had a significant impact on a user’s willingness to perform gestures. These results were further examined through a user study where participants were asked to perform gestures in different settings (including a busy street) over repeated trials. The results of this work provide gesture design recommendations as well as social acceptability evaluation guidelines. Author Keywords Social acceptability, gestu...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Julie Rico, Stephen A. Brewster
• Keywords: CHI 2010, Gesture, Gesture-based Mobile Interfaces, Human Computer Interaction, Social Acceptability