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Table 3 Ten target tasks and the corresponding top gestures produced by two independent elicitation studies

From: Understanding freehand gestures: a study of freehand gestural interaction for immersive VR shopping applications

Task

Group 1

Group 2

Top gesture

AS

Top gesture

AS

1. Select an object

Grab

0.327

Grab

0.369

2. Rotate an object

Twist

0.236

Twist

0.254

3. Try on clothes

Drag onto one’s body

0.089

Drag onto one’s body

0.147

4. Change to next/previous color

Swipe right/left

0.097

Tap on an imagined color palette

0.137

5. Change to a larger/smaller size

Swipe up/down

0.131

Tap on an imagined color palette

0.192

6. Enlarge an object

Both hands moving from the center middle to the outer left and right

0.276

Perform a pinch-out gesture with the thumb and index finger

0.298

7. Shrink an object

Both hands moving from the outer left and right to the center middle

0.276

Perform a pinch-in gesture with the thumb and index finger

0.298

8. View product details

Tap twice with the index finger

0.127

Open the fist

0.244

9. Add to a shopping cart

Drag onto an imagined shopping cart icon

0.167

Drag onto an imagined shopping cart icon

0.183

10. Close the current window

Swipe away

0.127

Swipe away

0.173