Abstract: In previous and related work sensory effects are presented
as a tool for increasing the user experience of multimedia presentations
by stimulating also other senses than vision or audition. In this paper
we primarily investigated the relationship of the Quality of Experience
(QoE) due to various video bit-rates of multimedia contents annotated
with sensory effects (e.g., wind, vibration, light). Therefore, we
defined a subjective quality assessment methodology based on
standardized methods. The paper describes the test environment, its
setup, and conditions in detail. Furthermore, we experimented with a
novel voting device that allows for continuous voting feedback during
a sequence in addition to the overall quality voting at the end of each
sequence. The results obtained from the subjective quality assessment
are presented and discussed thoroughly. In anticipation of the results
we can report an improvement of the quality of the multimedia experience
thanks to the sensory effects.

Index Terms—Quality of Multimedia Experience, Sensory Effects, MPEG,
            Subjective Quality Assessment