USABILITY ENGINEERING OF GAMES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MEASURING EXCITEMENT USING SENSORS, DIRECT OBSERVATIONS AND SELF-REPORTED DATA

Journal Article

Alamoudi, Arwa . 2014

• Publication Work Type: Research
• Publication Online URL: USABILITY ENGINEERING OF GAMES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MEASURING EXCITEMENT USING SENSORS, DIRECT OBSERVATIONS AND SELF-REP
• Tags: Wearable technology, Usability testing, Affective computing, Q Sensor, Xbox Kinect.
• Magazine \ Newspaper: International Journal of UbiComp (IJU)
• Issue Number: No.3
• Volume Number: Vol.5

Publication Abstract

Usability engineering and usability testing are concepts that continue to evolve. Interesting research studies 
and new ideas come up every now and then. This paper tests the hypothesis of using an EDA-based 
physiological measurements as a usability testing tool by considering three measures; which are observers‟ 
opinions, self-reported data and EDA-based physiological sensor data. These data were analyzed 
comparatively and statistically. It concludes by discussing the findings that has been obtained from those 
subjective and objective measures, which partially supports the hypothesis.