So after finally getting my project to work (thank you so much Aaron for your help!!), I had my project tested by 3 different people and it was interesting to see what they had to say about my project.
Here is how the interactions typically went:
User: Woah!
Me: Would you want to user test my project?
User: Sure!
(looks at the projection)
What do I do?
Me: Pretend like my Arduino is a rocketship and visit the planets.
User: Ah! I see. (moves pretend rocketship around)
User 1:
User 2:
User 3:
The user testing experience was pretty positive actually and some of the suggestions from them are:
- If the rocket ship were to visit the planet, it would make sense that when the projection pops up once the rocket lands on the planet, that the rocket ship would be able to go around the planet animation to essentially “explore” it. Rather than having the boundaries be limited to the area in which the rocket lands, allowing it to explore the planet would be cool. – I really think that this is something I want to try out, especially if the goal was to “explore” the planets. However, I guess if it were to be like “land here to see an animation of the thing you landed at”, it would be okay.
- What is with the flashing?!!? – Definitely, need to address this because it’s actually quite annoying.
One thing I definitely need to work on is how I can get the users to start the interaction themselves without my spoken prompt, I don’t know if I should have it displayed on the screen or have an instruction panel next to my project since it is going to be projected onto a surface. I need to work out how this works.
I think that it would also be great if some space-style music played in the background as well. I’ll see if that actually works out. Another note, I need to also incorporate my other small side project of “creating your own solar system” into this project.