A Language of Gestures
After playing with the leap for a few days, it seemed to me that there ought to be a list of gestures, and maybe default actions? On the few apps I have tried, even similar actions have different gestures - has anyone come across movements that work well / feel natural / are more reliable?
My list so far that I like:
flat open hand (palm down) - good for tilting left/right/up/down and translation (up/down/left/right). Forwards and backwards (Z) is difficult if the elbow is down, and tilting is limited (e.g. my right hand can rotate around Z -30 to +110 degrees comfortably.
Pointing with one finger (obvious). I don't like the Z pushing for click - it doesn't seem natural without physical feedback. One app used the thumb to indicate a 'click'/select - that seemed to work.
Pointing with two fingers would be good, but at the moment two fingers together 'merge' into one, unless held apart - feels a bit weird. Same for 3 and 4.
Has anyone with more experience got a good list of go-to gestures?
Thats an idea! we could also make it so that the apps that use the "Standard" gestures can be advertised as such so that new users that have experience with other apps can be like oh great all the gestures from x app also work on this app based upon some badge or something that they see in the description of the app on the app store.
brilliant. i might just have to start listing them... specifically for grab-click-bang-go type gestures... the air harp has that nice finger twitch response... hmmm. i am starting so see a blog post in the near future.