1. A method for identifying a characteristic of an object, the method comprising: receiving, via a microphone, a directional voice prompt; determining, via a processor, that the object is a target of a directional gesture based on the directional voice prompt; detecting, via the processor, at least one of a trigger gesture and a voice trigger that occurs while the object is the target of the directional gesture; in response to the at least one of the trigger gesture and the voice trigger, acquiring sensor data associated with the object via one or more sensors; analyzing the sensor data via the processor to identify at least one characteristic of the object; and transmitting information associated with the at least one characteristic to an output device.