Uvmode: usability verification mixed reality system for mobile devices

ABSTRACT

UVMODE is a mixed reality based usability evaluation system for mobile information device development. The system contributes to increasing efficiency of the usability evaluation process by replacing real products with virtual models. With our system, users can change the design of a virtual product easily, and investigate how it affects its usability. While users can review and test the virtual product by manipulating it with MR interfaces, the system also provides evaluation tools for measuring objective usability measures, including estimated design quality and users' hand load. In this paper, we present the system design and implementation details of our system, and discuss how it could improve the current usability evaluation processes held in mobile information device industry.

REFERENCES

• 1: Sangyoon Lee , Tian Chen , Jongseo Kim , Sungho Han , Zhi-geng Pan , Gerard J. Kim, Affective Property Evaluation of Virtual Product Designs, Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality 2004, p.207, March 27-31, 2004 [doi>10.1109/VR.2004.10]
• 2: Tek-Jin Nam , Woohun Lee, Integrating hardware and software: augmented reality based prototyping method for digital products, CHI '03 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, April 05-10, 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA [doi>10.1145/765891.766092]

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
      I.3.7 Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism
          Subjects: Virtual reality

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
          Subjects: User-centered design

General Terms:
Design

Keywords:
affective engineering, design reviewing, mixed reality, operation simulation, photo-realistic rendering, product-life-cycle, tangible interface, usability test