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(2008) Modeling communication with robots and virtual humans, Dordrecht, Springer.
In this paper I review current and past approaches towards the use of hand gesture recognition and comprehension in human-computer interaction. I point out properties of natural coverbal gestures in human communication and identify challenges for gesture comprehension systems in three areas. The first challenge is to derive the meaning of a gesture given that its semantics is defined in three semiotic dimensions that have to be addressed differently. A second challenge is the spatial composition of gestures in imagistic spaces. Finally, a third technical challenge is the development of an integrated processing model for speech and gesture.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79037-2_3
Full citation:
Sowa, T. (2008)., The recognition and comprehension of hand gestures - a review and research agenda, in I. Wachsmuth & G. Knoblich (eds.), Modeling communication with robots and virtual humans, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 38-56.