1. Smart room office Usability testing 1/14
Štěpán Koutek
Vojtěch Brom
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Smart room office - Usability testing

2. Project description What is Smart room? New interaction techniques
Tracking methods
Smart message delivering
Goals
Usability of new interaction techniques
Acceptance of Smart room concept
PDA
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3. Test setup Smart room does not exist
PDA
Smart room does not exist
Three distribution chanels for interaction
Talking head and Big screen - voice control
PC, PDA – standard control (mouse, keyboard)
The system interface – graphical menu
Different message types
Mapping of the message depends on message type
Automatic device switching
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4. Test setup – mapping model - preview

5. Test setup – mapping model sample detail
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6. Test setup - menu
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7. Test setup - menu
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8. Test setup - device representation
Talking head – speaker + recorded messages
Big screen – digital projector
PC – PC + VNC (remote control)
PDA – PDA connected to notebook (atm. control)
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9. Test setup - layout 8/14 Observer room Participant room testers PDA
moderator
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10. Task list Typical tasks Four groups of tasks First three groups
to receive differenet types of messages
to switch betewen devices
Four groups of tasks
First three groups
each for one device
for each participant in different order
Fourth - combination of all devices
participant use devices according to his decision
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11. Obtaining results Observing participants during the test
The post-test questionaire
Interview with participants after the test
Analysing of the video record
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12. Results of the test We have tested five participants
The participants have split to two groups with different opinions
Goup 1
Against new interaction methods
They would like to use only PC
Group 2
For new interaction methods
They like using voice control
They would like bigger set of voice commands
Possibility of control all devices by voice
Possibility of turn off message reading
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13. Results of the test – cont.
Group 2 cont.
For new interaction methods
The usability of PDA is not so comfortable
PDA is good in cases when they need to be mobile – not for interaction in office
Offer device to switch instead of automatic switching
All participants prefere simply clear text oriented interface – no virtual human face etc. is needed
Comlete report of the test is available on
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14. Video
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15. Thank you for your attention.
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