{"id":55,"date":"2016-12-03T01:54:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T01:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/mixar\/?p=55"},"modified":"2016-12-03T01:54:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T01:54:18","slug":"week-14-soft-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/mixar\/index.php\/2016\/12\/03\/week-14-soft-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 14 – Soft Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello!<\/span><\/p>\n

This week was\u2026 well it was a big week for us, and all the other teams at the ETC. Why you ask? \u00a0Well, at the ETC we have a pretty big event called Soft Opening, which is where we show off our *mostly* done projects to faculty, and anyone else who wants to see. \u00a0\u00a0In our case, anyone else means EA employees. \u00a0We had about 24 people come by, and managed to get a ton of playtest data. <\/span><\/p>\n

Specifically, we ran two playtests – Companion Vs Guide role, and Positive vs Negative Personality. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first test was focusing on polar opposite objectives. \u00a0The Guide\u2019s job is to get you through the experience, making sure you see every piece of information available, and in a timely manner. \u00a0\u00a0The Companion\u2019s role is to avoid you at all costs. \u00a0If you go to the panel he is at, he\u2019ll leave immediately. \u00a0There is no way to finish the experience, and the role is designed to be as frustrating as possible. \u00a0Surprisingly, the companion was found to be more engaging, despite trying as hard as possible to avoid the guest. \u00a0Otherwise, \u00a0a lot of what we found aligned with our hypotheses, that both would be seen to be focused on the museum over the player.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the second test, we focused on very positive personalities, happy and excited, vs the very negative ones, like sad or scared. \u00a0As expected, the sadder personalities were seen as less engaging, with excited being the most engaging, and sad being the least. \u00a0Some interesting notes would be that the scared personality, which struggles to remember relevant information, and appears unsure of itself was much more engaging than we predicted. \u00a0Our thoughts on this, are that when the scared personality struggles, it forms a kind of interest curve. \u00a0Since the nature of the project requires he does remember the information, when he struggles, there is a moment of conflict – will he remember? \u00a0Perhaps this struggle makes a guest pay more attention? \u00a0More testing is needed to confirm this.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some overall notes on the experience are worth going over as well. \u00a0The audio is still a problem area, and we are considering using headphones in the future. \u00a0The Hololens speakers are not our friend here. Agents who had mood changes often and rapidly presented information no less clearly, but engagement went down significantly in such cases. \u00a0Also, the Happy personality presented information the least clearly, which we did not expect.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a spreadsheet kind of person, here\u2019s a spreadsheet with our playtest data!<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/171V2B0GXiKxUnQqS8h9YuAt-N8D-s1tjxVz3i5k_Flk\/edit?usp=sharing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Next week will see another playtest, hope you check back.<\/span><\/p>\n

~mixAR<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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