Heuristic Evaluation

The following is the summary of the heuristic evaluation of our application. Both positive and negative aspects of are application were considered in the evaluation:

Visibility of system status:

• No visible feedback when selecting "Start" & "Exit" Button. These buttons need to remain highlighted for several seconds to be activated.
• No sound feedback (not practical for our scenario)

Match between system and the real world:
Overall Good:

• Camera feedback.
• Marking the users' hands which are considered as the "action hands" by our application
  
• Intuitive naming of buttons

User control and freedom:

• The subtlety of the movements is limited by the resolution of the Kinect
  
• The user must remain in the view range of the Kinect in order to interact
  
• Playing hand is predefined
  
• The first user (left user) controls the game settings
• Exit button allows the users to quit the game at any given time.

Consistency and standards:

• No difference in the appearance of a "Selection Button" and a "Hover button"
• Each player is specified by a different but consistant color throughout the game.

Error prevention:

• Introduction of the "Start Button" prevents the users from selecting an unwanted game mode.

Recognition rather than recall:

• The simple design of our application, eliminates the need for recognition and recall.

Flexibility and efficiency of use:

• Minimal, simple and well-known design leaves no room for distinguishing between novice and experienced users.

Aesthetic and minimalist design:

• The information relevant to each view of the application is limited to that view and is compact.

Help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors:

• If the Kinect loses track of the user, the game is still continued
  

Help and documentation:

• Not supported due to minimalist design

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