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Sebastian Loehmann
On the Relevance of Freehand Gestures for Peripheral Interaction
In Proceedings of "Peripheral Interaction: Embedding HCI in Everyday Life" Workshop at the 14th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2013). Cape Town, South Africa, September 2-6 2013. ISBN: 978-0-620-57411-2

Interactions in the visual and attentional periphery can help to perform secondary tasks without an attention shift away from the primary task. In this paper, I define freehand gestures as imprecise moments towards any device or object in the periphery of a user. This kind of gesture can be interpreted by the device and understood as an attempt for activation or deactivation. The interaction can be performed eyes-free, which is an advantage compared to controlling haptic elements such as buttons. The paper will provide example usecases, advantages and constraints of the approach as well as issues I would like to discuss at the workshop with experts on the field of peripheral interaction.