Enabling Integrated Development Environments with
Natural User Interface Interactions
The paper introduces the concept of applying Natural User
Interface (NUI) interactions in the context of Integrated Development
Environments (IDEs). Human voice and gestures
are mapped to several IDE commends. A prototype tool is
developed using the Microsoft Kinect hardware sensors and
the available software development kits for Microsoft Visual
Studio. A pilot study was conducted to assess the developed
prototype. The results of the study suggest that it
might be possible to apply natural interactions to a range of
IDE capabilities.