Goren has identified five other situations in which people might prefer to use gestures instead of touch or finger-based commands.
Users can then use gestures to, say, rotate or scale pictures.
People who use their phones to make business presentations could also station their handsets near a screen or projector and use gestures to control the device from elsewhere in a room.
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You don't have to use the gestures if you don't want to, but one we thing you will want to use is the touch screen scrub bar.
Dr. David McNeill found that rigorous, disciplined, and confident speakers use hand gestures more than average.
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Yet we miss some of the most powerful means of persuasion humans have when we don't consciously use nonverbal gestures to support our arguments.
But high-status people tend to use fewer gestures and facial expressions.
African great apes such as bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are known to use head gestures such as nodding, bowing and shaking to communicate with other group members.
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These ranged from jumping and flying games to a yoga simulator and Star Wars shooter, in which players control a virtual light sabre and use hand gestures to control action on the screen.
This means you can see streets, parks, buildings and every other aspect of the city -- and you can finally use multitouch gestures to rotate the maps (again, this was a Google Maps feature sorely missed on iOS).
The monks wear ritual clothing and use hand gestures and various musical instruments while praying for the spiritual and moral well-being of the people, for purification and peace of mind, to appease the wrath of evil spirits or to invoke the blessing of various Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, deities and rinpoches.
The use of gestures and a focus on one-handed operation is also welcome in a market where 5-inch smartphones are increasingly becoming the norm, and the company has really played to its strengths with BlackBerry Balance, which could be a real selling point in the business and enterprise market.
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We make use of logical gestures to help you get around without the overhead of additional interface elements.
Put your feet flat on the floor and use open palm gestures (which is a body language display inviting others into the conversation).
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But scientists were struck by the rich vocabulary of gestures chimpanzees use.
Use your words, gestures, and voice to drive your message home.
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You can also use it to perform gestures to replicate the Android buttons -- hold and swipe up for Menu, down for Home and left for Back.
Using IE in this way is quite good, as it's finger-friendly and responsive, and of course in this way you're encouraged to use all the great Windows 8 gestures, which become intuitive enough after only a few minutes of use.
Advanced Smart Interaction allows consumers to use everyday language and casual gestures to control the TV.
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Item 30: Newspapers must not use profanity and avoid obscene gestures in their reporting.
Aside from smiling and eye contact, use open palms in hand gestures rather than closed fists or pointed fingers.
The exact retinue of gestures that you use is up to you.
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It's pretty easy to guess which gestures you would use when you want to delete a song, but does anyone really want to deal with something like this?
Use these things to plan out small gestures that will show them you are going that extra mile.
It relies on lots of swiping gestures and shortcuts for one-handed use by on-the-go business types.
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But enquiring about a child's use of eye contact, sounds, words and gestures can flag up early on if more detailed screening is needed, a study shows.
Unlike the Kinect, however, PrimeSense doesn't think gestures will play a significant role in how we use Capri to interact with our gadgets.
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