2022.05 - 2022.06 (2 Months)
RESEARCH
SYSTEM
SERVICE
Interactive story making system based on revolving stage theater
Make your story theater was conducted as a final project for the Interactive Universe Design lecture in 2022.
Make your story theater is a system that allows users to create their own stories in a three-dimensional space. Conceived from the rotating theater system that visualizes the characters and the composition of each scene, users can easily grasp the overall flow of the story as well as each scene.
Deliverables
Interactive System
Tablet Application
Personal project
User Research
System Design
High-fi Prototyping
(Contribution 100%)
Tools & Materials
Unity(C#)
iPad Air, Apple pencil, Bluetooth keyboard
Formative study: Think-a-loud protocol
User test: Video analysis, In-depth interview
Research and systems that help current users create stories are based on visual representation, such as sketching each scene of the story, to help users understand the situation of the story easily.
In most applications that provide storybook results, users can draw pictures, insert text or items themselves, and use an interface that activates and manipulates functions by clicking a button. This type of interface not only takes a long time to complete a story, but also limits the user's ability to grasp the story he or she has created on his or her own.
In the case of an application that provides animation-type results, it provides a basic set to the user and allows the user to create characters by drawing themselves. Since the background or character of the story created by the user depends on the progress of the story, it has the advantage of checking the flow of each scene, but the 2D-based interface makes it difficult to easily grasp the overall composition.
I conducted a workshop using Think-aloud methodology to understand the needs of users when creating and watching stories. The workshop lasted approximately 50 minutes via Zoom and used the interactive movie "Puss in Book: Trusted in an Epic Tale". The workshop consisted of five minutes of pre-interview, 30 minutes of video viewing, and 15 minutes of in-depth interviews.
2D Interface based on
Keyboard Interaction
3D Interface based on
Pen-Gesture Interaction
After visualizing the entire system configuration through the scene/scenario diagram, detailed usage scenarios for each step were constructed and designed.
In order to evaluate the usefulness of the Unity-made walking prototype, student enrolled in a master's degree in industrial design was recruited.
The user implemented the scene of the fairy tale "Three Little Pigs" story. By providing the user with a script of the fairy tale, the user was allowed to freely select the scene to be implemented and the number of scenes, and there was no restriction on how to use the system.
These are four scenes that the participant selected from the "Three Little Pigs" fairy tale and implemented in the system.
Through video analysis and in-depth interviews, three key findings have been derived:
Possible to swiftly compose scenes in the story
The time to complete scenes gradually decreased while using the system.
The first scene was completed in 8 minutes, and the last scene was completed in just 4 minutes.
Participants mentioned, 'Getting used to the system played a role, and being able to summon the pre-created characters allowed for quickly constructing scenes based on thoughts.
There was a positive response to being able to see the entered script progress through speech bubbles or subtitles.
In-depth interviews also revealed, 'It was nice to see the script immediately displayed in speech bubbles as soon as it was written,' and 'It was convenient to be able to review the script right away after completing a scene.'"
Easy to distinguish the characters with appearance
Participants sketched each character with different clothing colors.
In response, participants mentioned, 'I could differentiate each character using colors because I could adjust the color and pen tip size.'
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