Research project: Typing on a smartwatch

Smartwatches are becoming more powerful and autonomous, but still have limited methods for text-entry. Mostly they make use of handwriting or voice dictation. But those methods can be very inconvenient or awkward to use in public. This is a text-entry solution for a smartwatch using the motion tracking device, LEAP Motion, where users can interact with a new gesture-based keyboard by making simple mid-air gestures. After two user evaluations we have shown that this solution has potential, but the current techniques to track hand or finger movement has to be improved to make it more efficient and convenient to use.