A Systematic Literature Review of Gestures and Referents in Gesture Elicitation Studies

What is it about?

A vast amount of information is available to determine effective and user-friendly sets of gestures for interactive systems that suit users' preferences. However, Gesture Elicitation Studies (GESs) are one of the most efficient methods to achieve this. To better understand users' gesture preferences, we conducted a systematic literature review of 267 studies that involved 6,659 participants eliciting 187,265 gestures for 4,106 referents. We further analyzed a sample of 2,304 gestures extracted from the studies identified in our literature review to find similarities in users' gesture preferences within this extensive dataset.

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Why is it important?

This work helps us better understand GES (Gesture Elicitation Study), their methodologies, basic concepts, processes, recommendations, associated tasks, End-User preferences for gestures, which body parts are involved, directions, and taxonomy. It is a valuable resource for beginners in this field who want to improve their understanding.