Usability evaluation of playstation move motion controler

• Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, Ana
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Assena, André, Santos, André, Moura, Mariana, Gomes, Nuno, Orvalho, Joao
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/47402
• topic: HCI; usability; interaction; video-games

The several known studies of usability in videogames describe the elements contributing to the immersion and satisfaction in the videogame playing experience, as well as the importance of tests that secure the good performance of elements such as interface, graphics, sound, history, gameplay and replayability. This paper demonstrates an evaluation of the user´s interaction with the Playstation Move motion controller through usability tests. The goal is to understand the overall usability, the influence of environmental conditions and the use of two controllers simultaneously. This study will also contribute to the understanding of how important it is to use simultaneous but different methodologies, namely questionnaires, heuristic evaluations and direct observation of the users. It was concluded that different light conditions do not affect the use of the controllers, the accuracy and ergonomics are very good, but the button layout is not ideal. The controller´s calibration is time consuming but afterwards the acquisition is almost immediate.