Specifications

was used to take close up images of the projector, remote control and

the integrated menu.

The tasks were laid out in such a way as to relax the user

initially with familiar tasks – such as ‘turn on the projector and use

the laser pointer’. These simple tasks made the pilot user more

comfortable and at ease with the evaluation before reaching the more

complicated, less familiar tasks such as ‘change the language on the

interface’.

One of the evaluation team made notes, another operated the

video camera and the third member of the team gently prompted the

pilot user as she went through the task list to encourage her to

express her thoughts.

Test Set-up

The purpose of this study is to gauge the usability of the

Proxima projector in a real world setting. In the case of this

particular study, the location for the tests was predetermined and

dictated by the fact that the projector was fixed to the ceiling of the

Interactive Media lab. This meant that all tests were carried out in the

Interactive Media lab shown here in the picture below.