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In this paper we present an eye tracking study to evaluate the user experience in an interactive system with a non-linear narrative’s structure. New communication formats and exposition freedom are open by user interactions in non-lineal narratives. In order to study the user experience in this kind of systems, we designed, developed and validated an interactive system that break with the classical structure of linear narrative and focus on the non-linearity of the content analysing the perception time and psychological time. However, the user’s gaze can be a good indicator of which parts of an interface hold the user’s attention. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that the eye-tracking data could be useful to provide information on user experience with the prototype. So, the non-linear narrative structure, the user experience variables and the results of the eye-tracking tests will be discussed in this work.
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Socas-Guerra, V., González-González, C.S. (2012). User Attention in Nonlinear Narratives: A Case of Study. In: Cipolla-Ficarra, F., Veltman, K., Cipolla-Ficarra, M., Kratky, A. (eds) Communicability, Computer Graphics and Innovative Design for Interactive Systems. CCGIDIS 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7545. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33760-4_9
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