This document traces the history and progression of gestures in interface design from early printed circuit keyboards and touch screens to modern touchscreen smartphones and tablets. It discusses technologies like multi-touch sensing, touch sensitivity, movement tracking, haptic feedback and their integration into devices over time. The document also looks ahead to potential future technologies like eye tracking, hand tracking and more seamless integration between gestures, devices and digital/physical worlds.

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ExploringtheRoleofGesturesinInterfaceDesign
#gesture4u @asigrist @ambercantinac

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AllisonSigrist
@asigrist
AmberHeinbockel
@ambercantinac

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1millimeter
DigitalWorld PhysicalWorld
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howdidwegethere? tothefutureandbeyond…
devices

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PhysicalGestures

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howdidwegethere? tothefutureandbeyond…
physicalgestures
devices

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TouchGestures

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howdidwegethere? tothefutureandbeyond…
physicalgestures
devices
touchgestures

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2D 3D

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DigitalWorld PhysicalWorld
space

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2-dimensional

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whataboutthez-axis?

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ProgressionofTouchSensitivity

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gamingortheworkplace

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howdidwegethere? tothefutureandbeyond…
physicalgestures
devices
touchgestures
touchsensitivity

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Howdidwegethere?

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howdidwegethere? tothefutureandbeyond…
physicalgestures
devices
touchgestures
touchsensitivity

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howdidwegethere?
2007
iPhoneIntroduction

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howdidwegethere?
2007
iPhoneIntroduction
1962
printedcircuitkeyboard

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howdidwegethere?
1962
printedcircuitkeyboard
1965
firstcapacitivetouch
screen
60’s-70’s
2007
iPhoneIntroduction

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howdidwegethere?
1962
printedcircuitkeyboard
1965
firstcapacitivetouch
screen
60’s-70’s 80’s

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howdidwegethere?
1962
printedcircuitkeyboard
1965
firstcapacitivetouch
screen
60’s-70’s 80’s
1981
multi-touch
sensingforrobots

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howdidwegethere?
1962
printedcircuitkeyboard
1965
firstcapacitivetouch
screen
60’s-70’s 80’s
1981
multi-touch
sensingforrobots
1982
multi-touch
sensingfor
humans

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howdidwegethere?
1962
printedcircuitkeyboard
1965
firstcapacitivetouch
screen
60’s-70’s 80’s
1981
multi-touch
sensingforrobots
1982
multi-touch
sensingfor
humans
1983
firstmentionof
touchtocontrol
“softmachines”

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howdidwegethere?
1962
printedcircuitkeyboard
1965
firstcapacitivetouch
screen
60’s-70’s 80’s
1981
multi-touch
sensingforrobots
1982
multi-touch
sensingfor
humans
1984
multi-touch
screen
1983
firstmentionof
touchtocontrol
“softmachines”

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howdidwegethere?
1962
printedcircuitkeyboard
1965
firstcapacitivetouch
screen
60’s-70’s 80’s
1981
multi-touch
sensingforrobots
1983
firstmentionof
touchtocontrol
“softmachines”
1982
multi-touch
sensingfor
humans
1984
multi-touch
screen
1985
thefirsttablet

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Waveyourhandsinthe
airlikeyoujustdon’tcare

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tothefutureandbeyond…
physicalgestures
devices
touchgestures
touchsensitivity movementtracking
howdidwegethere?

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tothefutureandbeyond…
physicalgestures
devices
touchgestures
touchsensitivity movementtracking
howdidwegethere?
hapticfeedback

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Standardization

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device
touchsensitivity movementtracking
hapticfeedback
standardization

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Balance

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Selectivity

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device
touchsensitivity movementtracking
hapticfeedback
standardizationselectivity

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eyetracking
handtracking

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TheFuture

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tothefutureandbeyond…
physicalgestures
devices
touchgestures
touchsensitivity movementtracking
howdidwegethere?
hapticfeedback

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Everythingisbestforsomething
andworstforsomethingelse.

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nosuchthingasone-size-fits-all

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integrateddevices=anintegratedlife

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ThankYou
#gesture4u @asigrist @ambercantinac

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