Dan Mauney to speak at OERC's January conference

Dan Mauney is an invited speaker at the next Office of Ergonomics Research Committee (OERC) conference scheduled for January 26 & 27 in San Ramon, CA.

Dan will present new results from an international gesture research project, a topic Dan recently presented at the HFES conference in San Antonio. The research collected data from hundreds of people in 9 countries to understand which touch gestures are considered to be common, expected, or universally accepted. Research participants simulated 28 common software actions such as selecting, moving, rotating, saving, and using a help system while study moderators categorized the type of gestures made. The work was sponsored by several companies participating in the International Usability Partners with the goal of better understanding gestures across cultures and openly sharing the research with interested parties. Dan is releasing regular blog posts about the study at http://www.humancentric.com/GestureResearch.

The OERC holds regular conferences that bring together member companies such as Apple Computer, Research in Motion, Steelcase and others that share common interests in ergonomics, software, and hardware design.