Testing Motion Performance and Mirroring in Real World
After speaking to my teacher she suggested looking more into motion performance and how users copy or reflect one another in the real world when performing a task, guiding one another or being told what to do.
For some tests i thought it would be interesting to ask a couple of my friends if they would be nice enough to help with this experiment. So i set up a camera in their home and had both of them stand in front facing one another and we tried a few different ways that they could reflect or copy one another.
- We started by having one simply copy anything the other does which was quite straightforward overall and only including subtle delays in the other user copying and with this particular person, we only found that sometimes they would mix up the correct arm to mirror or copy the other
- We then tried to have both of the users copy anything that i said which included some actions such as lift your left arm, put up your right leg, turn right etc. and overall this was also quite straightforward and the users followed the instructions quite well and didnt really matter what the other was doing at the same time.
- We then tried both users having their eyes closed and i would again tell them what to do and we did find some differences of course where users facing eachother would put up the mirroed arm which would be ones left and the others right but when their eyes are shut both would lift their right arm etc. It was also interesting the lack of awareness where the other person was or where they were facing after the instructions.
The only aspect which is subtle that i found was i asked both users to ‘Mirror’ one another and this would technically involve if one user steps back the other should as well but in some cases if one user steps back the other will step forward and follow which can create some interesting scenarios for the mirror techiques i found.
Research into Co-operative Experiences
My thesis is also looking into co-operative narrative driven experience in video games and so some research into this area is also relevant into my final major project:
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