A wearable gesture control interface apparatus samples first sensor data from one or more sensors in response to user motion, stores the first sensor data in memory, and determines whether the first sensor data meets a first threshold. If the first sensor data meets the first threshold, the interface apparatus samples second sensor data from the one or more sensors in response to subsequent user motion, stores the second sensor data in the memory, traces the first and second sensor data stored in the memory, and determines whether the second sensor data does not meet a second threshold. If the second sensor data is less than the second threshold, the interface apparatus performs pattern recognition on the traced first and second sensor data, and identifies a first gesture based on the pattern recognition of the traced first and second sensor data.