We hypothesize when people are streaming videos on a mobile device, their reaction toward initial buffering and interrupts is different based on the genres of the video. First, we created and sent out a survey to students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Next, we developed a study in which we asked participants to watch three sections of a funny video and three sections of a music video that we edited to have artificial buffering in them and recorded their feedback. By analyzing the data, we found people are more sensitive to interrupts when they are watching a music video than a funny video. Comparing our study result with the result of a similar study done on desktops, people opinions toward buffering and interrupts are similar on both mobile and stationary device.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Goldman, Jared Alexander
• Huo, Yuheng

Subject

• Computing
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050516-114202

关键词

• Human-computer interaction
• Application software--Development

Advisor

• Claypool, Mark L.

Year

• 2016

Date created

• 2016-05-05

地点

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright