Designing a DUI Museum Guide App Prototype with Marve : Evaluating the Prototype’s Effectiveness in Eliciting Requirements

Abstract: Museums are places that serve to preserve and present arts and historical artifacts for the public. Visiting museums is not only educational but also enjoyable, particularly when shared with a group. In this thesis, we developed a museum guide application prototype that implements distributed user interface (DUI), starting with a set of initial requirements. We distributed components of the application using Marve, a DUI framework. The prototype allows user to initiate an empty virtual room at a museum station. Thereafter the user can invite others to join the room by sharing a room number via QR-code. Additionally, we conducted a semi-structured workshop to interview a domain expert, an experienced museum staff, and use the prototype as a model to gather more detailed and accurate requirements. This thesis can serve as a foundation for similar future works utilizing distributed user interface technology.