Multi-modal input devices for active and healthy ageing

The phenomenon of population ageing is pushing the design of innovative solution to support active and healthy ageing in the elderly. In this context, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can act as proactive input devices providing multimodal interface components for facilitating long-term user interaction. The present paper reports the first results of the EU-H2020 project "my-AHA", for defining the best combination of voice commands, non-verbal behaviors and gestures. Eight elderly people tested the specific features of different devices (TV, Microsoft Kinect™ v2, smartphone) in two real life scenarios. Results show how natural interaction, such as voice and gestures (gathered by Microsoft Kinect™ v2) are more appreciated than the remote control based on smartphone.