Students Decode Zoom Gestures

11/21/2022Students Decode Zoom GesturesA team of Franklin & Marshall College students combed through six hours of Zoom class footage to identify gestures exhibited by participating professors and students. The results were overwhelming. Over the span of four recordings, the team identified 1,497 gestures. "That's 1,497 cases of communication where the person performing it may not even be aware they were doing so," said sophomore Ayako Belka, a biology and psychology double major.Kim O'Brien The research team shows some of the most commonly used gestures found in Zoom footage.

The research team shows some of the most commonly used gestures found in Zoom footage.

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