Best Paper Award for the 9th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, in the context of HCI International 2017, 9 - 14 July 2017, Vancouver, Canada

Certificate for Best Paper Award of the 9th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality
conferred to

Jeffrey T. Hansberger (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, United States),
Chao Peng, Shannon L. Mathis, Vaidyanath Areyur Shanthakumar, Sarah C. Meacham, Lizhou Cao, and Victoria R. Blakely
(University of Alabama Huntsville, United States)

for the paper entitled

"Dispelling the Gorilla Arm Syndrome: The Viability of Prolonged Gesture Interactions"

Presented in the context of
HCI International 2017
9 - 14 July 2017, Vancouver, Canada

Paper Abstract
"The use of gestures as a way to interact with computer systems has shown promise as a natural way to interact and manipulate digital information. However, users performing mid-air gestures for even moderate periods of time experience arm fatigue and discomfort, earning its name of the gorilla arm syndrome. Based on the natural use of hands during communication, a new gesture vocabulary was created that supports the arms while the user performs the gestures. A repeated measures within subject design was conducted where participants interacted with a custom video game using 3 types of input for 30 min each, (1) keyboard, (2) mid-air gestures and (3) supported gestures. Three measures of exertion were collected, (1) time, (2) energy expenditure, and (3) perceived exertion. The newly designed supported gestures required significantly less physical and perceived effort than the mid-air gestures and required similar exertion as the keyboard condition. "

The full paper is available through SpringerLink, provided that you have proper access rights.