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Communication with hand gestures in three dimensional software. Communication
with Hand Gestures in Three Dimensional Animations ...
... as computer joysticks, trackballs, and hand gestures are now ... like data gloves, joysticks,
and hand-held wands ... in all manners of communication, education, and ...
Submitted by timmydee10001 on April 2, 2008
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Communication with Hand Gestures in Three Dimensional Animations
Introduction
As we all know, bodily communication, or non-verbal communication (NVC), plays a central part in human interaction and can be very effective in conveying an attitude or an opinion. There are many types of non-verbal communication ranging from the more blatant expressions (happy, sad) to much more obscure body positions where both parties are unaware of their communications between each other. Although there are many different forms of non-verbal communication in this essay I will focus on, hand gestures, and how to best represent them in three dimensional animations.
Literature Review
For Clarity reasons I decided to split my research findings into three main sub headings.
Hand Gestures
Firstly, I thought it pertinent to start my research on gestures themselves. There is a great deal of bodily movement during social interaction, though movements of the hands are usually the most informative. By ‘gesture’ one normally means voluntary bodily actions intended to communicate. The Oxford dictionary definition of a gesture reads: ‘A motion of the limbs or body made to express or help express thought or to emphasize speech.’ However in this essay ‘gesture’ will also encompass emotional expressions communicated through the hands, e.g. gripping the hands tightly together revealing anxiety.
Unlike animals, who make very little use of gesture, humans can make very clear gestures to communicate and even speak with (sign language). Biologically human hands have evolved for grasping and manipulating objects. The complexities of the human hands mean a complexity of communicative gesture has formed. Human infants use gesture to communicate at an early age. By nine months they can usually already use several kinds of gesture :
- Reaching, later partially reaching combined...
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