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The traditional framework in human-computer studies is based on a simple input-output model of interaction. In many cases, however, splitting interaction into input and output is not necessarily appropriate. Gestures work as a good example of a modality which is difficult or inappropriate to be conceptualised within the traditional input-output paradigm. In the search for a more appropriate interaction paradigm, gestures, as modality, have potential in working as a meta-modality, in terms of which all other modalities could be analysed. This paper proposes the use of gestures and gestural metaphors in a central role in interaction design, and presents a case study as an illustration of the point.
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Pirhonen, A. (2010). Gestures in Human-Computer Interaction – Just Another Modality?. In: Kopp, S., Wachsmuth, I. (eds) Gesture in Embodied Communication and Human-Computer Interaction. GW 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5934. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12553-9_25
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