Project Leader: Claudio Moderini
Project Assistant: Nima Gazestani
Group Members: Eray Alan, Hadar Geva & Rana Mansour
Master in Interaction Design 2013/2014
25/10/13
Intro
Culture: manifestations
of human intellectual
achievement
collectively.
Understanding:
ability to understand &
Comprehend something.
aware of other people's
feelings.
The boundaries between the two areas still hold
a gap with the present solutions.
What is the main focus to narrow this gap?
How to interact with each other to create a better way to communicate?
Research
Problems and opportunities
Research
Inspiration
sixthsense #gesture recognition
Yang Liu #culture
Xu Bing #visual translation
Concept
When people travel, they tend to use
gestures to communicate with each other,
however some gestures are different
according to every culture.
In order to reach a middle ground,
Pictogest captures gestures and translates
them into visual elements to facilitate
the communication.
#Communication #Gesture recognition
#Visualization #Travelling
How it works?
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"How to
drink Tequila?"
Generate
visual
instructions
Use gestures
Gesture
translation
with databases
How it works?
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"How to drink Tequila?" - Gestures
Example
” What is this ?“
Eray Alans’s guide
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Start Stop
Interface
Interface
Interface
Interface
Interface
Interface
Interface
Interface
Interaction modalities
”Ricotta“
”Ricotta“
Interaction modalities
Technicality
Database: Filters the inputKinect: Captures gestures
Mobile Device:
Visualizes the gestures
Mesh
Value and potential
Possible Future
Ž� pictogest website
Ž� build in device
Ž� used for other purposes
For Stakeholders
Ž� Collecting data using
people’s experience
Ž� understanding different
behaviors from different
countries
For end users
Ž� more personalized explanation
Ž� saved instructions )archive(
Ž� learning process from person
not machine
Ž� fun & easy to use