Video scenarios has in the last ten years seen a high rise in use within market research and future foresight of technology development. However, most video scenario tools are static, thus, limiting the ability to track data, test dynamic technologies, and enable a strategic design. Contrary, more flexible interactive scenario tools are currently technically complex and time consuming to produce, often requiring manual coding and embedding.

Scenario Maker is a new, research-based online tool which operates through a simple, visual interface enabling the user to produce interactive videos in a much easier and faster way. The software tool allows the user to design both the interactivity, structure, and meta-information of a video scenario with ease. The software operates without hosting the video materials which means no render time for the user.

HUMAN NEEDS AND TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY

The front-end design and system architecture of Scenario Maker is developed by Associate Professor Peter Vistisen from the Department of Communication and Psychology at Aalborg University where he’s part of the research group InDiMedia (Center for Interaktive Digitale Medier & Oplevelsesdesign).

The idea behind Scenario Maker is based on several years of research focused on examining the relationship between different tools for user-centered innovation and the impact it can have on creative decision-making about new and emerging technologies.

Through consistency analysis, the software tool is able to examine all possible developments in a multifaceted external environment and hence, identify alternative futures shaped by these developments. A comprehensive map visualizes the different scenarios for the users which then can be selected for further analysis making the tool ideal for both interactive movies (entertainment, e-learning, transmedia experiences etc.), gamelike concepts, video-based questionaries, or even for prediction of research scenarios.