A master thesis from Aalborg University
Comparison of Diegetic Navigational Aids in Virtual, Audio-Exclusive 3D Environments
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2015
Submitted on
2015-05-27
Pages
85 pages
Abstract
Visually impaired gamers are a small minor- ity of gamers that are easily ignored from both a marketing and developer perspective. This report focuses on identifying naviga- tional aids suited for navigating an audio- exclusive 3D virtual environment. By looking a pre-existing audio games for inspiration, we developed three navigational aids that we named: Cans, Dog and Map. Cans and Dog were considered spatial audio navigation aids and Map was considered to be a verbal navigational aid. To test the naviga- tional aids against each other, we performed a within-subjects experiment with 36 partic- ipants. Findings indicated a general prefer- ence towards Cans as a navigational aid. Due to video games being an artistic medium, Dog or Map have their uses as well, depending on priorities and specifications for the project.
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