#1 Visibility of System Status

• Small floating point numbers indicate volume of each joint which are hard to see and require thinking

• No built in body representation requiring switching to different application to determine of bodies are in the frame. 

• Number boxes that determine current sample for each joint as well as meta-functions for sample management are ambiguously labeled, if labeled at all.  

• Number boxes for volume faders for master and each body are not intuitive

• Mute button not visible enough.  Not clear how to control it with space bar.  

• No label or coloring for each "Body" on the interface.  

#2 Match Between System and Real World

• many extraneous and in some cases obsolete or simply un-used features still present in the display

• Some functionalities designed for a particular use (a dance piece) such as “Current Step” and “set Current Step” boxes could be removed

• Presets need to be re-designed. Instead of a box with grey and solid dots, there should be some more specific visual.    

​#3 User Control and Freedom

Features of current design: 

• mute the audio by pressing the space bar

• “reset to the top” 

• recall presets

Factors that could use some work: 

• bodies are assigned in the order of entering camera frame without the option to control which "body" each player is.  

• Presets are somewhat unclear and hard to access

#4 Consistency and Standards

Remove Extreneous, obsolete, and confusing controls:

• Pair down to the most basic and fundamental controls on the top layer while hiding the rest in a submenu

• Finding more relevant terminology to label controls

Finding visual rather tha numeric modes of feedback 

#5 Error Prevention: 

Bugs like failure to load samples when the banks appear to have been selected must be addressed. 

#6 Recognition rather than Recall: 

• Proper and consistent labeling would help users reduce cognitive load. 

#7 Flexibility and Efficiency of Use: 

• Reducing the number of low level functions on the front screen would help efficiency. 

#8 Aesthetic and Minimalist Design: 

• Getting rid of extraneous or less used functions, 

• replacing numeric feedback with visual

• embedding a pop up window showing the dancers bodies when needed could help reduce clutter.  

• creating two different views for a single user as well as for all four users. 

#9 Help Users Recognize, Diagnose, and Recover from Errors: 

• Visual feedback of body placement and join position will make it clearer when the body is being tracked.  

• making the “MUTE/UNMUTE” button more prominent will help users know when audio is on or off. 

#10 :  Help and Documentation:

• No current documentation or help menu.  

• Often no Labeling or other cues in the design to help users complete tasks during setup and sample selection.