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Key research themes
1. How can software reuse and user-centered design improve productivity and usability in Interactive Digital TV application development?
This research area focuses on addressing the challenges posed by the diversity of television content and immature interactive application development processes, especially in regions transitioning to digital TV. It investigates how integrating techniques like Software Product Lines (SPLs) with interaction design patterns can automate the generation of interactive applications while embedding usability principles to improve user experience and development efficiency.
Key finding: This paper presents an SPL-iDTV tool based on a generic feature model combining software product lines and user-centered interaction design patterns to automatically generate interactive digital TV applications encoded in NCL... Read more
Key finding: Through usability testing of eight broadcasted interactive TV applications, this study identified empirically validated interaction design solutions tailored to typical iTV user tasks like accessing and viewing content items.... Read more
2. What are the technical and design challenges in creating interactive digital TV games and educational content?
This theme investigates the specific requirements, constraints, and design considerations for developing interactive games and educational applications on digital TV platforms, particularly under middleware limitations and hardware restrictions. It also explores how interactive TV can be leveraged for learning and social impact through serious games and t-learning applications.
Key finding: This paper details the iterative design and development process of ‘Kroster,’ a serious environmental education game implemented on digital TV using the MHP standard. It identifies technical limitations of the MHP platform,... Read more
Key finding: This research presents an educational content platform designed for digital TV (T-learning), proposing methodologies and tools aimed at producing interactive educational applications suitable for deployment in Colombia’s... Read more
Key finding: This chapter explores the potential of interactive digital TV for language learning, combining interactive broadcasting with mobile phone applications to support informal learners. It articulates how iTV’s multimedia... Read more
3. How can augmented reality (AR) technologies be integrated with digital television to enhance viewer experience and interaction?
This theme examines conceptual frameworks, prototype implementations, and user studies on the integration of augmented reality with television content. It addresses how AR can break the traditional television frame constraints, provide immersive story extensions, augment contextual information, and create new interactive paradigms that challenge conventional viewing and storytelling modalities.
Key finding: This paper proposes a conceptual framework termed the 'Augmented Reality Television Continuum' that clarifies ARTV’s fundamental qualities by rigorously distinguishing ARTV from related concepts like MR and XR. It emphasizes... Read more
Key finding: Through a prototype using Microsoft HoloLens synchronized with traditional TV content, this study shows that adding passive AR artefacts to existing TV programmes can enhance user engagement and create novel interactive... Read more