Towards the Fusion of Gaze and Micro-Gestures

Taylor, Kagan and Wang, Haopeng and Weidner, Florian and Gellersen, Hans (2025) Towards the Fusion of Gaze and Micro-Gestures. In: 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) :. IEEE, pp. 1474-1475. ISBN 9798331525637

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Abstract

Gaze and hand-based micro-gestures have been widely studied individually, each offering unique advantages as input modalities, but their combination remains under-explored. In this work, we integrate gaze with thumb-to-finger micro-gestures, discussing their complementary strengths to enable expressive and efficient interactions. We examine two strategies for combining gaze and microgestures, assess their strengths and weaknesses, and present examples such as mouse emulation and application shortcuts. Finally, we outline the potential and challenges of gaze and micro-gestures to enhance interaction across diverse contexts, and discuss future directions. This work begins the exploration of gaze and micro-gestures for novel input techniques.