The Internet of Things in Action: Anki’s OVERDRIVE Racing Game
As products like Fitbit, Skylanders, and Anki’s OVERDRIVE race car game pop up all over, developers and testers need to be prepared for the wave of Internet of Things (IoT) products. Focusing on the mobile interactions of these devices and the tools used at Anki, Jane Fraser shows you how they ensure their systems are working as expected. Jane describes and demonstrates the tools Anki’s teams use to develop and test their games, especially OVERDRIVE—their racing game that uses robotics, embedded radios, BTLE, and WiFi to connect race cars to smart devices to deliver a multiplayer racing game. She explores the tools they use to collect device data for later review, how test fixtures help configure repeatable tests by adjusting firmware to mimic multiple products, and software tools that can change parameters on the fly during testing. Learn more about developing and testing IoT and come away with a new framework for testing IoT.
Jane Fraser has managed tests groups from just herself to a team of 120. Her focus is in developing testers into key members of the community with true influence on the product and process. Jane has spent the past twenty years on a span of projects including publishing programs, web/e-commerce, games, big data, mobile, e-ticketing and robotics. As test director at Anki, a robotics and artificial intelligence company, she is managing the test team on the hit robotic battle racing game, Anki OVERDRIVE. Jane has spoken at several testing conferences and loves being able to “play” with hi-tech toys for a living.