Overcoming Legacy Bias: Re-Designing Gesture Interactions in Virtual Reality With a San Community in Namibia

Bridging worlds

“…In this light we have validated the potential of VR with our collaborators from a San community in Eastern Namibia to tell traditional tales [7]. We have further investigated the implementation of gestures recorded in natural settings for use within VR narratives, thereby preserving an embodied experience of a narrative [1]. Our most recent work has focused on the co-design of a VR San hunting narrative, as told by an old man of the community, and validated by fellow community members to maintain authenticity.…”