More Interviews, and an Interesting Update!

Hello everyone, this week at TimeFireVR I started off slow. I spent a lot of time this week finalizing my interview questions. And I managed to get the majority of my interviews done. The interviews so far varied from 3 minutes, all the way to 20 minutes. If I feel what I acquired this week was not sufficient, then I may go back next week and do more interviews on top of what I still need to do. But I think the interviews that I have done went very well. But I feel like I had very mixed results, and I am curious to see how the rest of them turn out. 

Also this week I spent a good deal of time working on unreal engine 4. I am basically just replicating tutorials online; however, it makes for very good practice. The individuals teaching the tutorial typically give a good explanation as to what they are actually doing, making my learning go by quicker. The purpose of me doing this is just for my own personal interest. 

Furthermore, I also still plan to conduct a survey. However, as soon as I am finished with my interviews I will devote a lot more attention to it than I am now. Here is how I plan to conduct the survey as of now: 

Characteristics of the test:

• There will be a total of eight individuals attending.
• I will be using 3 different types of VR Headsets:

Questions:

Who are you and what do you?

Before you came in today, did you have any interest in virtual reality or augmented reality?

Before you came in today, did you have any interest in video games?

Which Virtual Reality headsets did you use today?

(Ask them to rank each headset out of quality, comfort, performance, and practicality)

Would you buy a virtual reality headset? Which one?

If you bought a headset, what would you plan on doing with it?

Also exciting news, I believe my company will be releasing a demo/trailer for their game in development fairly soon. The name of the game is Hypatia, it is of course for VR. The game as I believe I have mentioned intends to be more educational and social than most games. Anyway, I am interested to see what they have in store to present and I will post a source to it as soon as I can.

Well that about wraps up what I have done this week. Next week I should be talking more about what the results of my interviews. And hopefully I can start planning for my survey. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Griffin

Interviews and Surveys!

Hello everyone! This week  at TimeFireVR I have been mostly preparing for interviews. I plan to interview several members of the TimeFireVR staff about their personal and professional use with Virtual Reality headsets. The goal of these questions is to give the developer's perspective of which products they prefer and why. And this will help guide me to my very broad research question, which VR headset you should consider using. Of course "you" is a broad term, and I hopefully will be figuring out which headset should be used by which person.

I plan to interview an array of developers. I will question at least one artist, one programmer, one level designer, 1 sound designer, and my boss, John. Here is the full list of questions I have now; however, this is subject to change.

1. Who are you and what do you do at TimeFireVR?
2. Which Virtual Reality headsets have you used, would you buy this headset for your own personal use?
3. As a game developer, what is your favorite headset to use? Why?
4. As a consumer, what is your favorite headset to use? Why?
5. Is it more difficult to create quality games and programs for virtual reality?
6. Do you think consumers should be worried about a lack of content for VR?
7. For the future of VR, which headset do you think will be the best in the long run?
8. Do you personally see a successful future for VR technology? How do you see people incorporating it in their daily lifes?

I actually have not decided if I want to record with video or just type their response. I think recording it would be interactive. But I am not sure if I want to use it for my actual presentation.

For the future: I am also going to be conducting a survey soon! I will be surveying: 

• 2 children around 10
• 2 Teenagers
• 2 Adults 20 to 35
• 2 adults above 40

I will be asking them to use 3 different types of VR headsets, supplied by TimeFireVR. It will be several weeks from now, but next week I will release my interview questions for them as well. But I plan to collect data from a low tier headset, Google Cardboard , mid-tier headset, Samsung Gear, and high-tier headset, the HTC Vive. But the location, time, and even how the entire test will carry out is still in the works.

If you would like to participate in the survey let me know! One with a background or interest in video games or even virtual reality. One with no history or involvement with video games or virtual reality. This feature will apply to each group of two participants.

Well that concludes this weeks update! Thanks for reading!

Griffin