User evaluations of virtually experiencing mount everest

Marta Larusdottir; David Thue; Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05909-5_18

User evaluations of virtually experiencing mount everest

Marta Larusdottir^*, David Thue, Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

In software development it is hard to know both whether the team has developed a product that fits the users’ needs, and is easy to use. One way of gathering feedback from users on both these issues is to conduct formal user testing, which has been rated by IT professionals as one of the best methods for user involvement in software development. In this paper, we present a formal evaluation of a running prototype for a virtual reality experience that was scheduled to be launched 3 months later. We conducted formal user testing with five users, and recorded the problems that the users experienced while they used the VR prototype. We also collected data concerning each user’s impressions of their experience immediately after it was complete. The results show that many serious problems were identified, and that the developers found several of them to be very useful. In some cases, the user testing was regarded as having been essential to discovering these problems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human-Centered Software Engineering - 7th IFIP WG 13.2 International Working Conference, HCSE 2018, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir, Marco Winckler, Kati Kuusinen, Philippe Palanque, Cristian Bogdan
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	294-307
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9783030059088
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05909-5_18
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	7th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering, HCSE 2018 - Sophia Antipolis, France Duration: 3 Sept 2018 → 5 Sept 2018

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11262 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	7th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering, HCSE 2018
Country/Territory	France
City	Sophia Antipolis
Period	3/09/18 → 5/09/18

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.

Other keywords

Agile software development
User testing
Virtual reality

UN SDGs

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Larusdottir, M., Thue, D., & Vilhjálmsson, H. H. (2019). User evaluations of virtually experiencing mount everest. In M. K. Lárusdóttir, M. Winckler, K. Kuusinen, P. Palanque, & C. Bogdan (Eds.), Human-Centered Software Engineering - 7th IFIP WG 13.2 International Working Conference, HCSE 2018, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 294-307). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11262 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05909-5_18

Larusdottir, Marta ; Thue, David ; Vilhjálmsson, Hannes Högni. / User evaluations of virtually experiencing mount everest. Human-Centered Software Engineering - 7th IFIP WG 13.2 International Working Conference, HCSE 2018, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir ; Marco Winckler ; Kati Kuusinen ; Philippe Palanque ; Cristian Bogdan. Springer Verlag, 2019. pp. 294-307 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Larusdottir, M, Thue, D & Vilhjálmsson, HH 2019, User evaluations of virtually experiencing mount everest. in MK Lárusdóttir, M Winckler, K Kuusinen, P Palanque & C Bogdan (eds), Human-Centered Software Engineering - 7th IFIP WG 13.2 International Working Conference, HCSE 2018, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11262 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 294-307, 7th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering, HCSE 2018, Sophia Antipolis, France, 3/09/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05909-5_18

User evaluations of virtually experiencing mount everest. / Larusdottir, Marta; Thue, David; Vilhjálmsson, Hannes Högni.
Human-Centered Software Engineering - 7th IFIP WG 13.2 International Working Conference, HCSE 2018, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir; Marco Winckler; Kati Kuusinen; Philippe Palanque; Cristian Bogdan. Springer Verlag, 2019. p. 294-307 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11262 LNCS).

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Larusdottir M, Thue D, Vilhjálmsson HH. User evaluations of virtually experiencing mount everest. In Lárusdóttir MK, Winckler M, Kuusinen K, Palanque P, Bogdan C, editors, Human-Centered Software Engineering - 7th IFIP WG 13.2 International Working Conference, HCSE 2018, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Verlag. 2019. p. 294-307. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-05909-5_18

User evaluations of virtually experiencing mount everest

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