Development of a Framework for the Communication System Based on KNX for an Interactive Space for UX Evaluation

Area of Science:

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Domotics and Smart Home Technology
• User Experience (UX) Research

Background:

• Domotics integrates intelligent systems to enhance quality of life.
• Traditional User Experience (UX) research methods can be subjective.
• Smart home technologies offer potential for objective UX evaluation through environment emulation and user monitoring.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop and evaluate a framework for objective UX research using domotics.
• To synchronize home automation systems with non-invasive emotion recognition tools.
• To assess the viability of emulated environments and emotion recognition for UX evaluation.

Main Methods:

• Construction of an instrumented testing booth using KNX (home automation standard).
• Development of a Python-based framework to synchronize KNX systems with emotion recognition tools.
• Experimentation in a simulated laundry room to analyze participants' emotional responses to product prototypes, contrasted with traditional questionnaires.

Main Results:

• The framework successfully synchronized domotics data with emotion recognition.
• Emulated environments and non-invasive monitoring provided an immersive participant experience.
• Results indicated a robust UX evaluation methodology using the developed testing booth and framework.

Conclusions:

• The integration of domotics and emotion recognition offers a powerful approach to objective UX research.
• Emulated environments facilitate immersive user testing.
• The developed framework demonstrates the viability of non-invasive methods for robust UX evaluation.