文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Ergonomics evaluation of gestures interaction for the elderly in extended reality

作者：Chen, Yumiao[1];Hu, Ying[1]

机构：[1]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Art Design & Media, Shanghai, Peoples R China

年份：2025

卷号：107

外文期刊名：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS

收录：;EI(收录号：20251818330738);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:001494314300001)，SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:001494314300001)】；

基金：This study was partly supported by the Research Project of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education (No. 24YJA760013) , the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51905175) , Shanghai Soft Science Key Project (No. 24692109400) , and Xie Youbai Design Science Research Foundation (No. XYB-DS-202301) .

语种：英文

外文关键词：Extended reality; The elderly; Gesture interaction; Ergonomics evaluation

摘要：With the intensification of aging in China, the social status and needs of the elderly are becoming increasingly prominent. Extended Reality (XR), as an emerging technology capable of delivering immersive experiences, presents new opportunities to enhance the quality of life for the elderly. Gesture interaction, known for its low learning curve and ease of use, has been widely adopted in XR applications. However, due to cognitive and limb motor decline, the current gestures in XR remain challenging for the elderly. The aim of this study is to establish a set of interaction gestures for the elderly that can be widely used in the XR environment. The study was divided into two phases, combining cognitive and electromyographic (EMG) experiments. During the cognitive experiment, we focused on 8 common XR commands and collected 24 gestures to compare the differences in gesture cognition between elderly and young people. During EMG experiments, we screened out the gestures with lower muscle load, proposed an optimal set of aging-adapted gestures and specify the corresponding interaction guidelines. The results of the study provide practical recommendations for designing interaction gestures that match the psychological and physiological needs of the elderly, aiming to enable them to fully benefit from the welfare brought by XR technologies.