Title
Understanding the Design Space of Mouth Microgestures
Abstract
As wearable devices move toward the face (i.e. smart earbuds, glasses), there is an increasing need to facilitate intuitive interactions with these devices. Current sensing techniques can already detect many mouth-based gestures; however, users' preferences of these gestures are not fully understood. In this paper, we investigate the design space and usability of mouth-based microgestures. We first conducted brainstorming sessions (N=16) and compiled an extensive set of 86 user-defined gestures. Then, with an online survey (N=50), we assessed the physical and mental demand of our gesture set and identified a subset of 14 gestures that can be performed easily and naturally. Finally, we conducted a remote Wizard-of-Oz usability study (N=11) mapping gestures to various daily smartphone operations under a sitting and walking context. From these studies, we develop a taxonomy for mouth gestures, finalize a practical gesture set for common applications, and provide design guidelines for future mouth-based gesture interactions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1145/3461778.3462004
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2021 ACM DESIGNING INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS CONFERENCE (DIS 2021)
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
Mouth microgesture, interaction techniques, user-designed gestures, design space
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Victor Chen100.34
Xuhai Xu2102.81
Richard Y. M. Li3369.97
Yuanchun Shi41005135.34
Shwetak N. Patel52967211.74
Yuntao Wang610523.69