-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Experiment Suite 360 - Release Notes Copyright © 2008-2012 SensoMotoric Instuments GmbH All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Experiment Suite 360 Version 3.1 Build 107: Released: May 04, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consists of - Experiment Center 3.1 - Begaze 3.1 Experiment Center Version 3.1 Build 97: Released: May 04, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - New stimulus: External camera - 50ms short presentation (image and text) - multiple AOI trigger - GUI and Usability improvements - LPT trigger sync - Presentation Time improvements - stability fixes BeGaze 2 Version 3.1 Build 117: Released: May 04, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - support for ETG recordings - New: Dashboard - quick import via drag & drop - New visual plugin: Semantic Gaze Mapping (available only for ETG recordings) - New visual plugin: Custom Trial Selector - New: Re-calibration / Offset correction - New: SMI Event Detection - GUI and Usability improvements - lots of minor improvements - stability fixes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Experiment Suite 360 Version 3.0 Build 155: Released: July 29, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consists of - Experiment Center 3.0 - Begaze 3.0 Experiment Center Version 3.0 Build 128: Released: July 29, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - pdf as new stimulus type - new web analysis - task based design and execution - external video source up to 1080p - Rename Experiment - configurable LPT trigger port - configurable "Next stimulus" and "Stop Experiment" hotkeys - automatic check for updates - new license types - network license - lots of minor improvements - New: Infant control (advanced trigger AOIs, dynamic calibration cursor) - Fixed: LPT on Windows 7 - Fixed: External Video, audio/video are now in sync also for resolution lower than 1080p - stability fixes BeGaze 2 Version 3.0 Build 181: Released: July 29, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - RTA - Retrospective Think Aloud - Data Segmenting and Grouping - Task based filtering - new website analysis - enhanced player control, e.g. audio channel - automatic check for updates - new license types - network license - lots of minor improvements - Fixed out of memory exception for very large databases. - Fixed: can't create experiment if the webcam video is corrupt (now skipping the file) - Fixed: AOI Editor sometimes stalls - NEW: Added "Favorite" column in stimulus selection – those marked stimuli are shown on top of stimulus selection dialog - NEW: Added AOI Transition Matrix SPSS export - stability fixes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Experiment Suite 360 Version 2.5 Build 32: Released: August 09, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consists of - Experiment Center 2.5.38 - Begaze 2.5.77 Experiment Center Version 2.5 Build 38: Released: August 09, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - added support for HD videos - added direct IDF file transfer for 2 PC setup - added new calibration targets + animation/shrink - added randomisation of element groups - improved handling for webpages incompletely loaded - added automatic naming of subjects per experiment - improved stimulus list item drag & drop - lots of minor improvements - stability fixes BeGaze 2 Version 2.5 Build 77: Released: August 09, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - added support for AVI files larger than 2GB - new normalisation of heatmaps - improved events lists performance - harmonized data and stimulus time lines for 1:1 videos - improved player control - lots of minor improvements - stability fixes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Experiment Suite 360 Version 2.4 Build 44: Released: March 12, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consists of - Experiment Center 2.4.70 - Begaze 2.4.176 Experiment Center Version 2.4 Build 70: Released: March 12, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - new Questionaire stimulus element - new Validation stimulus element - new External Video stimulus element (requires external video package) - Annotations during recording - RED operation mode configuration - Custom gaze cursor and filter for screen recording - Calibration (F5)/Validation (F8) on demand during recording - Calibration handling during experiment improved - "Record Data" property added for every stimulus - "Audio Playback" property - audio playback added for all stimuli - Import/Export of Experiments and Results added - Undo/Redo Handling added - Copy/Paste Handling added - RED fullscreen tracking monitor added - Improved performance for screenrecording - Realtime content update for online preview - AVI files as calibration targets - lots of minor improvements - stability fixes BeGaze 2 Version 2.4 Build 176: Released: March 12, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - new Gaze Replay plugin - new Gridded AOI plugin - new Bee Swarm plugin (special case of Scan Path) - Attention Map plugin splitted in Focus Map and Heat Map plugins - new statistics templates - experiment info - events list splitted in eye and user events lists - advanced thumbnail player control - additional channels (bookmarks, key frames/user events, annotations) - manual editing of start/current/end positions - dynamic contextual menus - improved usability - improved open/backup/delete experiment dialogs - experiment preview as tooltip - extra columns including experiment size - improved stimulus selection - annotations handling - improved Heat and Focus Map settings - improved KPI settings - improved "export to video" dialog - export at data frequency - watermark - configurable video frame size between stimulus size and calibration size - improved plugin settings inheritance - page fold for webpages - lots of minor improvements - stability fixes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Experiment Suite 360 Version 2.3 Build 25: Released: September 1, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consists of - Experiment Center 2.3.76 - Begaze 2.3.147 Experiment Center Version 2.3 Build 76: Released: August 28, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - User Cam supported (requires observation package) - GUI improvements - List of elements allows multiple selection and simultaneous modification for all selected elements - live and static preview improved - Rich text editor improved - Calibration quality feedback improved - AOI dwell time trigger for images added - simplified 2 PC setup - minimal duration time reduced (500 ms) - record user events property added for Image, Text, Movie, and Screen recording - stability fixes BeGaze 2 Version 2.3 Build 147: Released: September 1, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Multi-Frequency support: Allows to work with idf files in one experiment which has been recorded with different sampling rates - Integration of Webcam and Audio recorded with Experiment Center (requires observation package) - New visualization - Key Performance Indicators "The Visual Executive Summary" - Modified AOI handling - local/global AOIs - Group names - Individual subject colors in scan path - New version of reading statistics (requires reading package) - Automatic "white space" AOI, capturing all gaze hits outside of the other AOIs - Redesigned Statistics module for better handling - Addl. statistics parameters - AOI size [px], AOI coverage [%], AOI group, AOI scope, whitespace AOI - Binning chart - minimum bin integration time can go down to sampling frequency - LineGraph - mapped pupil diameter displayed when available - Min.fixation duration parameter added to high speed event detection - Usability and Improvements - Better Font representation - Zoom to width button - Click on raw data (bee swarm) selects the corresponding subject - Bookmarks also available for still images - AOI names can be directly edited after creation or by doubleclick on the AOI - Adding and deleting points of polygon AOIs - several minor bug fixes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Experiment Suite 360 Version 2.2 Build 24: Released: February 25, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consists of - Experiment Center 2.2.18 - Begaze 2.2.29 Experiment Center Version 2.2 Build 18: Released: February 25, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - GUI improvements - List of elements allows multiple selection and simultaneous modification for all selected elements - live and static preview improved - Rich text editor improved - Calibration quality feedback improved - AOI dwell time trigger for images added - simplified 2 PC setup - minimal duration time reduced (500 ms) - record user events property added for Image, Text, Movie, and Screen recording - stability fixes BeGaze 2 Version 2.2 Build 29: Released: February 25, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - GUI improvements - Video Optimizer tool to re-encode videos - Usability improvements in AOI Editor - duplicate AOI(s) functionality, AOI rotation and enhanced AOI grouping - Bookmarks in videos added - Multiple subjects visualization in AOI sequence chart (scarf plot) - Option to eliminate first fixation within a trial during event detection - Low-Speed event detection available for Hi-Speed data - "Copy to clipboard" feature in statistics - Added "fit to selection" in player control - Modify experiment restores the open views - Improved speed for statistics calculation - Statistics computations on a separate thread - Stability fixes