Gestures, widely accepted as a humans' natural mode of interaction with their surroundings,
have been considered for use in human-computer based interfaces since the early 1980s.
They have been explored and implemented, with a range of success and maturity levels, in
a variety of fields, facilitated by a multitude of technologies. Underpinning gesture theory
however focuses on gestures performed simultaneously with speech, and majority of
gesture based interfaces are supported by other modes of interaction. This article reports the …