Although public displays are increasingly prevalent inpublic spaces, they are generally not interactive. Menutechniques can enable users to select what is interestingto them. Current touch screen techniques are unsuitable; because for many public displays, users merelypass by and rarely stop. We investigate commandselection in this new context of passing-by interaction; in which users only have a few seconds to interact. Wepresent six hands-free gestural techniques and evaluatethem in a Wizard-of-Oz experiment. Based on theresults of this study, we provide design recommendationsfor menu selection in passing-by situations.    «

Although public displays are increasingly prevalent inpublic spaces, they are generally not interactive. Menutechniques can enable users to select what is interestingto them. Current touch screen techniques are unsuitable; because for many public displays, users merelypass by and rarely stop. We investigate commandselection in this new context of passing-by interaction; in which users only have a few seconds to interact. Wepresent six hands-free gestural techniques and evaluatethem in a Wizard...    »