Danyluk, KurtisKlueber, SimonNittala, Aditya ShekharWillett, Wesley2024-06-122024-06-122024-07-01Kurtis Danyluk, Simon Klueber, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, and Wesley Willett. 2024. Understanding Gesture and Microgesture Inputs for Augmented Reality Maps. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ’24), July 1–5, 2024, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 15 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3643834.3661630https://hdl.handle.net/1880/118939https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/46535We explore the potential for subtle on-hand gesture and microgesture interactions for map navigation with augmented reality (AR) devices. We describe a design exercise and follow-up elicitation study in which we identified on-hand gestures for cartographic interaction primitives. Microgestures and on-hand interactions are a promising space for AR map navigation as they offers always-available, tactile, and memorable spaces for interaction. Our findings show a clear set of microgesture interaction patterns that are well suited for supporting map navigation and manipulation. In particular, we highlight how the properties of various microgestures align with particular cartographic interaction tasks. We also describe our experience creating an exploratory proof-of-concept AR map prototype which helped us identify new opportunities and practical challenges for microgesture control. Finally, we discuss how future AR map systems could benefit from on-hand and microgesture input schemes.enUnless otherwise indicated, this material is protected by copyright and has been made available with authorization from the copyright owner. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Attribution 4.0 InternationalPreprintRGPIN-2021-02492, RGPIN-2016-04564, CGS-D-569482-2022