> Gestures are a powerful form of communication - consider deaf signers, scuba divers, even in time sensitive operations like military and sports.
In all of these examples, gestures are being used to interact with another sentient being. We use gestures to talk to people, not to tools.
I think gestures are great, but I don't want to have a conversation with my computer, I want to use it. I want to feel like I'm a craftsman, and not a manager of the work I create on it. (For that same reason, I'm not enthusiastic about voice recognition either.)
That being said, I probably would be excited to use gestures (and voice) for social software that was intrinsically about interacting with other people. Think multiplayer games or video chat.
In all of these examples, gestures are being used to interact with another sentient being. We use gestures to talk to people, not to tools.
I think gestures are great, but I don't want to have a conversation with my computer, I want to use it. I want to feel like I'm a craftsman, and not a manager of the work I create on it. (For that same reason, I'm not enthusiastic about voice recognition either.)
That being said, I probably would be excited to use gestures (and voice) for social software that was intrinsically about interacting with other people. Think multiplayer games or video chat.