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ICT Project 3D VIVANT– Deliverable 2.3 Contract no.: 248420 User Acceptance Validation Plan EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this document is to provide, at an early stage of the project, a plan for user acceptance validation in 3D VIVANT. Acceptance tests and studies will mainly be carried out in Task 7.3 – “User Perception and Usability Testing”, which starts in project month 29 and continues until month 34. The project developments will create new technology for the production and consumption of 3D holoscopic video. Therefore, it will be important to test the acceptance of the new production technology and the implications this has for existing production workflows and processes. Consumers will be offered a new way to view, hear and interact with 3D content. All of these aspects need to be tested. In order to highlight the advantages of the technology being developed and validate it, it is important to consider the shortcomings of existing 3D approaches and solutions. The user tests, both professional and end-user tests, will consider these in addition to other relevant acceptance factors. Following numerous internal tests of objective measures conducted by the developing partners there will be extensive validation of 3D VIVANT’s outcomes involving professional testers from outside the project teams and, of course, future (potential) end-users. As the core objective of these tests is to validate user acceptance, the majority of the tests will be based on qualitative assessment methods as opposed to the project internal tests which will primarily involve objective testing methods. As the developments in the project will be many and complex, there will be the need to carry out a number of tests in various locations, each with a specific purpose and involving the main partners responsible for the development in question. 01.09.11 4
ICT Project 3D VIVANT– Deliverable 2.3 Contract no.: 248420 User Acceptance Validation Plan DOCUMENT STRUCTURE The introduction (Section 1) briefly summarises the objectives and the adopted approach for conducting user validation tests for the development in 3D VIVANT, explaining the starting position of the validation tests in question, such as the differences between professional and end-user validation. Section 2 provides an overview of the assessment methods and explains the choice of methods in general and with respect to the assessment of 3D video (Section 2.2), 3D audio (Section 2.3) and usability testing (Section 2.4) in particular. The following sections give details on the assessment of acceptance factors on the side of professional content production (Section 3) and on that of the end-users (Section 4). The latter include audiovisual perception (Section 4.1.1 – Viewing, and Section 4.1.2 – Listening) and the interactive experience (Section 4.2). For each of these the selected data collection methods are described in the respective sub-sections. Section 5 provides an overview of the organisation of tests, including a rough time plan and details on the recruiting of testers. Eventually, Section 6 provides a list of references cited in this document, while Annexes 1 and 2 give some extra background information on 3D video production. 01.09.11 5
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