Lure the Drones - Falconry Inspired HDI

Beat Rossmy (1) , Kai Holländer (1)

1 LMU - Ludwig Maximilian University [Munich] = Ludwig Maximilians Universität München

The following paper proposes a concept regarding Human Drone Interaction (HDI) based on the traditional profession of falconry. For more then 2500 years humans already practice the interaction with flying agents for hunting and caretaking tasks. Based on the metaphor of the falconer we propose the following system which enables gaze control of drones utilizing a wearable eye-tracker. By taking the "looking at the watch"-pose, which is reminiscent of the "falconer luring its bird"-pose, the eye tracker gets implicitly positioned in front of the user's face. A combination of body posture and eye gaze allows for GUI-free interaction in the field and during physically demanding tasks.

Mots clés: human drone interaction; falconry; interaction metaphor; eye gaze; smartwatch

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Beat Rossmy, Kai Holländer. Lure the Drones - Falconry Inspired HDI. 1st International Workshop on Human-Drone Interaction, Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile [ENAC], May 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-02128393⟩