Lecture 4: Game Development I

Question 1

List some types of locomotion

Answer 1

Cycling, Walk in Place, Flying, Joystick, Pointing, etc.

Question 2

What is the Witmer and Singer questionnaire?

Answer 2

It is a presence questionnaire and examines four factors:

• Control Factors
• Sensory Factors
• Distraction Factors
• Realism Factors

Question 3

List two further presence questionnaires.

Answer 3

Slater-Usoh-Steed questionnaire (SUS)

Addresses three themes:
* The sense of being in the VE
* The extent to which the VE becomes the dominant reality
* The extent to which the VE is remembered as a “place”

Igroup Presence Questionnaire (IPQ)

Three components:
* Spatial presence
* Involvement
* Experienced realism

Question 4

In which environment should a user fill out a questionnaire and what is the reason for?

Answer 4

Conducting presence questionnaires in VR!

• Reduces study duration
• Reduces the user’s disorientation
• Does not change the measured presence but can increase the consistency of the variance

Question 5

What makes a game to a game? Briefly describe the characteristics.

Answer 5

Rules + Mechanics + Systems + Features

Question 6

Briefly describe the approach of Iterative Game Design.

Answer 6