Towards a GUI Gesture Control Using the Leap Motion Controller

Abstract

The Leap Motion Controller is a small hand motion capture device that has been the subject of numerous studies since it was launched in 2013. This sensor is particularly used in the field of disability, diagnosis or functional rehabilitation. This article presents two preliminary studies on the use of this device as a gesture mouse and then as a gesture controller. If the Leap Motion Controller is simple to implement, its lack of precision in some gesture configurations and of reliability (outliers) is a barrier which could certainly be lifted in the context of a multimodal interaction.