Testing and evaluation of new platforms for delivery of distributed gaming and multimedia

This paper presents Games@Large -a new system for pervasive gaming and multimedia and describes its components, which are relevant to the testing and evaluation of the system design. Complex gaming and multimedia frameworks comprise multitude of elements: heterogeneous end user devices, wireless and wired network technologies, and various multimedia and gaming services. They enable an easy access to the offered services through the use of a versatile system architecture. Testing and evaluating the design of the system takes central stage in the project through an iterative process which has a great impact on overall design course and the final product in terms of assuring a proper Quality of Service and usability of the system. The analysis of system elements and their testing and evaluation methods will facilitate the development of the methodology for the purpose of verification of the different components and the entertainment system as an integrated whole. The subsequent step of this analysis is an adaptation of the metrics, used for video game and multimedia evaluation, which will develop a comprehensive testing and evaluation methodology for newly evolving entertainment systems.