Utilize Speech and Gestures to Realize Natural Interaction in a Virtual Environment
IECON\u002798: Proceedings of the 24th annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 4, page 2028-2033. (1998)Abstract
Virtual environments are a new means for human-computer interaction. Whereas techniques for visual presentation have reached a high level of maturity in recent years, many of the input devices and interaction techniques still tend to be awkward for this new media. Where the borders between real and artificial environments vanish, a more natural way of interaction is desirable. To this end, we investigate the benefits of integrated speech- and gesture-based interfaces for interacting with virtual environments. Our research results are applied within a virtual construction scenario, where 3D visualized mechanical objects can be spatially rearranged and assembled using speech- and gesture-based communication.
