A Gesture Recognizing Tool for Virtual Presentations

Due to the format of many common video-conferencing platforms used to deliver virtual presentations, the speaker is often placed far away in the user interface of the video-conferencing platform from the slides they are presenting. As a result, there is a strong lack of connection between the speaker and their visual content during virtual presentations. However, a virtual presentation also provides a format where recent technology can be used to elevate what normally is a point-and-click talk with slides. This work presents a new system for virtual presentations that will be more engaging and more interactive for both the audience and the speaker. By utilizing a LeapMotion sensor for gesture tracking, we can implement a web app that can be combined with slides and video input to decrease the distance between a speaker and their visual content.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2022

Author dc:creator

• Wang, Jennifer

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Eng, Tony

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
• Copyright MIT

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144516

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/144516