Promoter:

Prof. Dr. Ir. Erik Duval

Mentor:

Sven Charleer

Niels DelestinneMSc in Applied Informatics

nielsdelestinne.wordpress.com

“Second screen”

application for

nature

documentaries

26/11/2014

1. Situating

2. Goal of this thesis

3. Literature study

4. Progress

5. Difficulties

6. Planning

7. Statistics

Table of contents

44% of smartphone

and tablet owners

uses their device

daily when

watching TV. [2]

Situating1,4 billion

smartphone

s worldwide [1]

7,7 billion

mobile

devices in

use. [1]

TV and Mobile devices

A Second screen stands for the use of anadditional screen, commonly a smartphoneor tablet while watching television.

TV no longer commands the full attention of its viewers. [3]

Opportunities

[1]: Penny Stocks Lab (2014).[2]: Nielsen Company (2013). Action figures: How second screen are transforming TV.[3]: Anna Van Cauwenberge, Gabi Schaap, Rob van Roy (2014). "TV no longer commands our full attention”

Second screen applications

A lot of second screen applications exist thecurrent day.

Situating

Story-map : for story-driven series.

De Ridder: be part of the team and help solve the cases.

HomeCoach: engage with other viewers of The Voice.

1. Situating

2. Goal of this thesis

3. Literature study

4. Progress

5. Difficulties

6. Planning

7. Statistics

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Specific research question?

So how will we concretely examine this, what will be the research question / problem definition?

With this thesis we investigate whether users can gain added value by using a second screen application when watching a nature documentary on TV.

Design, develop and evaluate the impact on the user of (a) second screen application(s).

Goal of this thesis

Research Question

A lot of time went into finding the right research question. Although the foundationsare in place, a single research question is not yet pinned down.

“The optimization of the representation, interaction and automatisation of second screen applications for nature documentaries.”

“How to manage the attention, the interest and interaction of the user of a second screen application for nature documentaries.”

Goal of this thesis

“The optimization of the user experience of a second screen companion application for nature documentaries.”

“Finding the right amount, presentation and type of content to show to users of second screen applications for nature documentaries.”

“In search of design guidelines for second screen applications used with nature documentaries.”

“Interactivity and concentration: the optimal balance in second screen applications for nature documentaries.”

Feedback is greatly appreciated!

1. Situating

2. Goal of this thesis

3. Literature study

4. Progress

5. Difficulties

6. Planning

7. Statistics

Table of contents

Get orientated!

• What research has already been conducted?• What were the conclusions?• What are the remaining questions? (starting

points for new research)

Literature study

Focus of research

Almost all related research is focused on story-driven or live TV shows.

Literature study

Social media: interaction between the viewers, related to what they’re watching. “social engagement”. [1]

Viewer participation: let the viewer have some sort of influence, make him part of the TV program.

Additional Information: provide the viewer with extra, related information. [2]

Semi-Automatisation: reduce the editorial work that comes with second screen application. [3]

Cognitive load: What amount of attention should / do second screen applications demand? [4]

Usage of second screen: How do viewers use their second screen (application) while watching TV? [5]

[1] Mark Doughty et al. (2012). Who is on your sofa? TV audience communities and second screening social networks[2] Janet H. Murray et al. (2014). Story-map: iPad companion for long form TV narratives.[3] Daniel Stein et al. (2012). Semi-automatic video analysis for linking television to the web.[4] Anna Van Cauwenberge et al. (2014). "TV no longer commands our full attention”[5] Andy Brown et al. (2014). HCI over multiple screens.

Interesting ‘future work’ advice

Literature study

“… Researchers may want to focus on how to integrate first and second-screen information – both in terms of content and format – so that depletion of cognitive sources is put to a minimal …” [1]

“… With regard to program genres, program-related second-screen applications should avoid movies, drama and documentaries that require viewers full attention

…” [2]

“… Insights into users’ general frequency of switching attention and durations of focused attention … could form the basis of design patterns and other guidance for experienced designers in this domain …“ [3]

[1] Anna Van Cauwenberge et al. (2014). "TV no longer commands our full attention”[2] Jeroen Vanattenhoven et al. – Centre for User Experience Research KUL (2011). Who is on your sofa? TV audience communities and second screening social networks[3] Andy Brown et al. (2014). HCI over multiple screens.

Second screen and nature documentaries

Very little research and focus on second screen applications for nature documentaries.

Experiment by BBC Research & Development which is very relevant to my thesis. Some questions have been solved in the experiment, but a lot of them remain open.

[1] BBC Research & development (2011). The Autumnwatch TV Companion experiment

Literature study

Autumnwatch: companion app for the BBC nature program Autumnwatch. [1]

1. Situating

2. Goal of this thesis

3. Literature study

4. Progress

5. Difficulties

6. Planning

7. Statistics

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First prototype

• Started out with sketches on paper.

Progress

First prototype

• Started out with sketches on paper.

Progress

First prototype

• Started out with sketches on paper.

Progress

First prototype

• Started out with sketches on paper.

Progress

First prototype

• Started out with sketches on paper.

Progress

First prototype

• Started out with sketches on paper.

Progress

First prototype: Evaluation

• Decision to remake thesketches in Photoshop was made, making the sketches visually more inviting.

Progress

First prototype: Evaluation

• In an effort to make the evaluation a more realistic experience for the participants, InVision was used.

• Buttons• Swipe & Touch• Timed screen changes• View on Tablet

• For the same reason, GIF animations were added.

Progress

First prototype: Evaluation results

Participants were asked to watch 10 minutes of Planet Earth Episode 9 while using an Android tableton which the prototype was active.

5 participants: ranging from 20 to 23 years old.

Average SUS of 73: the lowest being 60, the highest 87,5

Progress

Progress

First prototype: Evaluation results

Some of the conclusions and interpretations of the first evaluation were the following:

• More interactivity is required.• Rather distracting.• Rewatching information-blocks is useful.• When to watch to the TV, when to second-screen is

difficult.• Easy to use.

Second prototype, digital prototype

• Native Android application• Few elements hard coded• Data dynamically loaded and displayed from

database• Companion application for Planet Earth (series)

Progress

Second prototype, digital prototype

Core functionalities

• Synchronization with a Planet Earth episode.• Receive information-blocks while watching an

episode.• Navigate between the already received

information-blocks• Image, Fact, Map & Quiz information-blocks• Rewatch information-blocks from previously

watched episodes.• Visually styled

Progress

Second prototype, digital prototype:Evaluation

A scenario consisting out of 26 steps was created and used during the evaluation.

Progress

Participants were asked to perform certain tasks in order to determine some aspects of the usability of the prototype.

Afterwards, participants were asked to watch 11minutes of Planet Earth Episode 10 while using an Android tablet on which the prototype was active.

Second prototype, digital

prototype: Evaluation results

The Main goal of this evaluation was to check

the usability, usefulness and aesthetic

qualities of the prototype.

5 participants: ranging from 20

to 56 years old.

Average SUS of 82,5 the lowest

being 77,5 the highest 92,5

Progress

7382.5

0

100

AVG SUSPROTOTYPE 1

AVG SUSPROTOTYPE 2

1. Situating

2. Goal of this thesis

3. Literature study

4. Progress

5. Difficulties

6. Planning

7. Statistics

Table of contents

Stated below are the main difficulties I had while

working on the thesis during the past 2 months.

Difficulties

Research Question: Finding the

right research question has and still

is a difficulty I’m facing.

Limitations of nature

documentaries: More possibilities

for other formats

than for nature documentaries.

Android: Programming (and

especially fixing the layout) for

Android is time consuming.

1. Situating

2. Goal of this thesis

3. Literature study

4. Progress

5. Difficulties

6. Planning

7. Statistics

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27 JAN –11 FEB

10 JAN –27 JAN

End of DEC - 10

JAN

Now - end of DEC

Start creating prototype

V4. Continue writing

literature study.

Preparing prototype V3

for evaluation and

evaluating it.

Studying for finals.Finalizing research

question. Extending /

modifying the digital

prototype and by doing so

creating a new version

(V3) that can be

evaluated.

Planning

23 MAR – 22 MAY

23 MAR2 MAR –22 MAR

12 FEB –1 MAR

Complete writing thesis

text. (and if time) Creating

prototype V5 and

evaluating it.

Creating prototype V4

and evaluating it.

Finish up literate study,

start with writing

remaining thesis text.

Second presentationTrip to China! (Checked in

advance with my mentor if

this was okay.)

END OF JUN6 JUN22 MAY

Hand in thesis. Defending the thesis.Hand in draft of thesis

text.

1. Situating

2. Goal of this thesis

3. Literature study

4. Progress

5. Difficulties

6. Planning

7. Statistics

Table of contents

Blog posts created.

Reactions made, of which

18 on my own blog.

Statistics

The Wordpress statistics

16

39

Hours worked, and

counting.

Statistics

The Toggl statistics

Very accurately tracked the time

57 hours went into the implementation of the

digital prototype.

142

• 29th Sep - 5th Oct4 h 30 min

• 06 - 12 October15 h 35 min

• 13 - 19 October15 h 38 min

• 20 - 26 October18 h 44 min

• 27th Oct - 2nd Nov11 h 25 min

• 03 - 09 November22 h 36 min

• 10 - 16 November22 h 23 min

• Last week21 h 17 min

• This week9 h 33 min (and counting)

Papers skimmed.

Papers read.

Statistics

The TiNYARM statistics

7

17

Expected

score:15/20

Demo

Questions?