Advanced User Experiences Flashcards
Define: User Experience
A user’s behaviors, perceptions, and emotions when
using a product
What does the UX include?
User performance
Usability
Preferences
Physical and psychological responses to the user interface
T/F Advanced system interfaces have less UX requirements than traditional interfaces
F, they have more
List the 5 categories of UX requirements
Performance Physiological Psychological Affective Instructional
What are the three performance requirements?
Speed
Accuracy
Precision
How is speed measured?
By task completion time
Define: Accuracy
A measurement of correctness with which a task is performed
Define: Precision
A measurement of the consistency with which a task is performed (average performance)
Define: Physiology
The way in which an organism or bodily part functions
What are the three types of physiology?
Ergonomics
Simulator sickness
Physical exertion
Define: Ergonomics
The study of how an interface fits to the user’s body
Define: Anthropometry
The measure of the human body and its parts
List 6 key ergonomic issues
Reach Clearance "Fat finger" problem Posture Strength Feedback
Define: Simulator Sickness
A subset of motion sickness experienced when using
simulators and immersive systems
Define: Cue Conflict Theory
Simulator sickness is caused by a mismatch between
perceived visual stimuli and vestibular stimuli
Define: Vestibular
Relating to your sense of balance and inertia
Define: Physical exertion
Expending energy to move muscles and body
What are 3 interfaces that require users to physically exert themselves?
Exercise
Physical rehabilitation
Entertainment purposes
Define: Psychology
The way the human mind functions, especially with
regard to behaviors
What are the 3 types of psychology?
Flow
Engagement
Presence
Define: Flow
The mental state of operation in which a person
performing an activity is completely motivated by it
What is flow also known as?
Zone
Define: Engagement
The mental state of operation in which a person
performing an activity is completely focused on it
Define: Presence
The sense of “being there” in a virtual environment
