Developing a car gesture interface for use as a secondary task

Existing gesture-interface research has centered on controlling the user’s primary task. This paper explores the use of gestures to control secondary tasks while user is focused is driving. Through contextual inquiry, ten iterative prototypes and a Wizard of Oz experiment, we show that a gesture interface is a viable alternative for completing secondary tasks in the car. KEYWORDS gesture interfaces, divided attention, secondary task, glance, telematics

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Micah Alpern, Katie Minardo
• Keywords: CHI 2003, Gesture Interfaces, Human Computer Interaction, Secondary Task, User’s Primary Task