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“Was it easy”? “Yes”. “Will you use it”? “No”. Elderly Trying Out a Kinect Interface

Authors:
Guri Verne

Keywords: elderly; videoconference; gestures; Kinect; design

Abstract:
This paper describes a qualitative study that seeks to give a rich description of the experiences and viewpoints of elderly about their use of digital technologies in general and videoconferencing in particular. Interviews and workshops were methods for data collection. The workshops included a discussion group session in addition to a session of trying out gesturing as a response to a videoconference call. A prototype of a gestures-based interface for interacting with a videoconference system intended for use in their homes was tried out. The participants had clear views of technologies they used and liked, and they wanted to maintain physical fitness as long as possible. Although they found the gestures easy to perform, they did not want to use this technology in their homes. This apparent self-contradictory response is discussed.

Pages: 227 to 233

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: March 19, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-538-8

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from March 19, 2017 to March 23, 2017