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Ordering coffee with your feet: Study explores foot-based controls for augmented reality systems

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New research explores using gait gestures as controls for augmented reality devices.

The idea emerged during the pandemic when Waterloo professor of computer science Daniel Vogel wondered if there could be a way to place orders without pausing while walking.

The research identified seven optimal gestures.

In a follow-up study, participants used an AR headset displaying a menu overlaid with the real world.

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