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Bloom gesture in Taiwan
so7itud3
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I have 2 developers who are from Taiwan on my Hololens development team. Last night they mentioned that the bloom gesture is actually a rude gesture in Taiwan. I demonstrated the bloom gesture for another Taiwanese friend and asked her what it meant and she immediately verified what my developers said.
I'm not suggesting the bloom gesture should be changed, but wanted to make Microsoft aware of it just in case. There's 23 million people there, so that has to represent some portion of the eventual market for this platform.
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ahillier
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Hello @so7itud3,
We definitely do not mean to offend our Taiwan developers! Choosing gestures that the system can recognize and that are non-offensive in every culture is an extremely difficult task (ex: the OK sign and thumbs up are also considered offensive in certain cultures). That said, I'll pass this information along to the gesture team. Perhaps they can find and train an alternate gesture that could be used when the product becomes available in Taiwan.5
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Hello @so7itud3,
We definitely do not mean to offend our Taiwan developers! Choosing gestures that the system can recognize and that are non-offensive in every culture is an extremely difficult task (ex: the OK sign and thumbs up are also considered offensive in certain cultures). That said, I'll pass this information along to the gesture team. Perhaps they can find and train an alternate gesture that could be used when the product becomes available in Taiwan.
Sounds good! We also asked them if it meant the same thing in mainland China - they were not sure but thought it might be the case. Hopefully this is useful information!
Be sure to verify the bloom gesture on your own.