C O R E A U D I E N C E & C U S T O M E R L O C K E D - I N - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

M Y E P L AY

O C U L A R E N T E R TA I N M E N T S U I T E

C O R E A U D I E N C E & C U S T O M E R

• Paralyzed from the eye

down

• Limited use of eyes
• Still hear and be cognizant
• f the world around them

Bob and Bonnie Veillette pose for a photograph at home in Naugatuck, Conn., Friday, Jan. 11, 2008

L O C K E D - I N S Y N D R O M E & B O B

C O M M U N I C AT I O N

P R O B L E M S O F L . I . S .

How can you convey your thoughts to

• thers?

How can you interact with your friends or family?

AND

E N T E R TA I N M E N T

P R O B L E M S O F L . I . S .

Imagine sitting in a chair for hours not being able to do anything fun...

W H Y I S T H I S S T I L L A P R O B L E M ?

• Bob's case is more severe

than typical L.I.S. patients

• Involuntary eye flutter
• Limited-to-no vertical

movement

• Other solutions focus on
• communication. Not much
• n interaction or

entertainment.

O U R V I S I O N

To help Bob:

• Experience Comfort
• Enjoy Fun Interaction
• Endulge in Pastimes

U S E R P L AT F O R M

M E D I A P L AY E R G A M E S

C O R E C O N C E P T S

• O R G A N I Z AT I O N

I . T E A M & P R O D U C T R I S K S I I . S O F T WA R E P R O C E S S I I I . R E Q U I R E M E N T S , M E T H O D S , O U T C O M E S I V. A D D R E S S I N G T H E P R O B L E M

• V. S O F T WA R E A R C H I T E C T U R E

V I . D E M O S & C O N C L U S I O N

T E A M A N D P R O D U C T R I S K S

Team Risks

• Difficult Schedules
• 9-member team
• Inadequate skillsets

Product Risks

• Does not meet

requirements

• Incomplete features
• Unintuitive UI

Mitigation

• Constant Communication
• Complementary sub-teams
• Single programming language

Mitigation

• Communication with professor
• Spiral development, sub-teams
• Standard UI elements

S O F T WA R E P R O C E S S

S P I R A L D E V E L O P M E N T M O D E L

• Analyze, Evaluate, Develop, Plan
• Weekly project meetings
• Regular Updates via Slack
• Working code at all times

R E Q U I R E M E N T S , M E T H O D S , A N D O U T C O M E S

R E Q U I R E M E N T S M E T H O D S O U T C O M E S

• Intuitive
• Interactive
• Usable
• Spiral Development
• Parallel Development
• Divide and Conquer
• Rotating Interface
• Games & Media
• Vertical Controls

P R O D U C T A N D K E Y Q U A L I T I E S

• MyePlay is an entire application suite as opposed to only having a

singular function.

• It is custom-tailored for Bob and his case of L.I.S.
• Vertical-only controls allow for familiar controls.
• Games are multiplayer for interactive fun his with loved ones.
• Videos in custom YouTube channel are geared towards Bob's

interests.

T H E P E O P L E P R O B L E M

• Bob is the "people."
• L.I.S. is the "problem."
• MyePlay is designed to

specifically address Bob and his condition.

T H E P E O P L E P R O B L E M ( C O N T. )

• Bob's case of L.I.S. only

allows for vertical eye movement.

• MyePlay, and its controls,

are designed to work purely vertically.

T H E P E O P L E P R O B L E M ( C O N T. )

• Bob has a hard time

interacting with people and accessing entertainment.

• MyePlay has multiplayer

games for unspoken human interaction,

• and easy-access

entertainment through a custom YouTube channel.

T E C H N I C A L C H A L L E N G E S

Eye-Tribe & the Internet Eye-Tribe Accuracy

L I M I TAT I O N S

Web Technologies Error correction algorithm

M I T I G AT I O N

Movement Limitations Event-based Controls

S O F T WA R E A R C H I T E C T U R E

M Y E P L AY M V C A R C H I T E C T U R E E Q U I P M E N T

EyeTribe

• L A N G U A G E S

Javascript, HTML, CSS

• F R A M E W O R K S

JQuery, NodeJS, Bootstrap

• P R O J E C T M A N A G E M E N T

Slack, Asana, BitBucket

S M O O T H I N G A L G O R I T H M

S Y S T E M D E S C R I P T I O N

• Moving average filter
• Scaling formula
• OUT = Scaled Output
• IN = Raw Input
• ET = Eye Tracker Coordinate (MIN /

MAX)

• S = Screen Coordinate (MAX / MIN)
• CSS webkit translation

E V E N T- B A S E D C O N T R O L

S Y S T E M D E S C R I P T I O N

• Create custom events in

Javascript, Ex:

• "myeplay-stream-up"
• "myeplay-down"
• "myeplay-close"
• Streaming vs Singular events

P L AT F O R M

S Y S T E M D E S C R I P T I O N

• Rotating infinite interface
• Controls: Up, Down, Close
• Multiple tiles constantly visible
• Threshold bars for feedback
• White cursor for feedback

M E D I A P L AY E R

S Y S T E M D E S C R I P T I O N

• YouTube API
• Custom Video Channel
• Navigation via Modal
• Actions
• Play, Pause, Close, Exit

G A M E S

S Y S T E M D E S C R I P T I O N

• Simple, first video game
• Vertical movement
• Variable difficulty
• Multiplayer
• First game for now is Pong

D E M O O F A U S E R S C E N A R I O

R I S K S

P O S T- M O R T E M

Project Risks

• Large team
• Coordinating schedules
• Inadequate skills

Missed Risks

• Merge conflicts
• Task distribution vs flexibility
• User Interface Design

R E F L E C T I O N

P O S T- M O R T E M

What went well?

• Identifying team skills
• Task distribution
• Spiral development model
• What could be done better?
• User interface design
• Eye tracking control
• More games

What would we do differently?

• Define API's in advance
• Avoid too many features

L E S S O N S L E A R N E D

• Less is more
• Resource management
• Expect the unexpected

– T H E T E A M AT M Y E P L AY

Thank you for your attention, and we hope to see you around!

E X T R A S L I D E S J U S T I N C A S E

E X C L U S I V E B E H I N D - T H E - S C E N E S C O N T E N T

P R O D U C T A N D K E Y Q U A L I T I E S

• MyePlay is an application suite

as opposed to having a singular function.

• It is custom tailored for Bob's

case of L.I.S.

• Vertical-only controls allow for

familiar controls.

• Games are multiplayer for

interactive fun.

• Videos in custom YouTube

channel are geared towards Bob's interests.