Engaging participants during selection studies in virtual reality

Difeng Yu, Qiushi Zhou, Benjamin Tag, Tilman Dingler, Eduardo Velloso, Jorge Goncalves

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Abstract

Selection studies are prevalent and indispensable for VR research. However, due to the tedious and repetitive nature of many such experiments, participants can become disengaged during the study, which is likely to impact the results and conclusions. In this work, we investigate participant disengagement in VR selection experiments and how this issue affects the outcomes. Moreover, we evaluate the usefulness of four engagement strategies to keep participants engaged during VR selection studies and investigate how they impact user performance when compared to a baseline condition with no engagement strategy. Based on our findings, we distill several design recommendations that can be useful for future VR selection studies or user tests in other domains that employ similar repetitive features.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020
EditorsFerran Argelaguet, Gerd Bruder, Regis Kopper, Marc Erich Latoschik, Tabitha Peck, Christian Sandor, Xubo Yang
Place of PublicationPiscataway NJ USA
PublisherIEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages500-509
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781728156088
ISBN (Print)9781728156095
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces 2020 - Atlanta, United States of America
Duration: 22 Mar 202026 Mar 2020
Conference number: 27th
https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/xpl/conhome/9070012/proceeding?rowsPerPage=100&pageNumber=1 (Proceedings)
https://ieeevr.org/2020/ (Website)

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020
PublisherIEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISSN (Print)2642-5246
ISSN (Electronic)2642-5254

Conference

ConferenceIEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces 2020
Abbreviated titleVR 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States of America
CityAtlanta
Period22/03/2026/03/20
Internet address

Keywords

  • HCI design and evaluation methods
  • Human-centered computing
  • Pointing
  • User studies
  • Virtual reality

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