All Factors Should Matter! Reference Checklist for Describing Research Conditions in Pursuit of Comparable IVR Experiments

Abstract

A significant problem with immersive virtual reality (IVR) experiments is the ability to compare research conditions. VR kits and IVR environments are complex and diverse but researchers from different fields, e.g. ICT, psychology, or marketing, often neglect to describe them with a level of detail sufficient to situate their research on the IVR landscape. Careful reporting of these conditions may increase the applicability of research results and their impact on the shared body of knowledge on HCI and IVR. Based on literature review, our experience, practice and a synthesis of key IVR factors, in this article we present a reference checklist for describing research conditions of IVR experiments. Including these in publications will contribute to the comparability of IVR research and help other researchers decide to what extent reported results are relevant to their own research goals. The compiled checklist is a ready-to-use reference tool and takes into account key hardware, software and human factors as well as diverse factors connected to visual, audio, tactile, and other aspects of interaction.

Interdisciplinary Research with Older Adults in the Area of ICT: Selected Ethical Considerations and Challenges

“…Furthermore, in the context of Smart Home Technology (SHT) we explored Voice User Interfaces (VUI) [16,6] and Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) [12]. We have also conducted a VR co-design study with older adults [15] and created a checklist of factors influencing the Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) experience for participants of all ages [21] to make study replication easier. We have also participated in projects evaluating older adults' interaction with online citizen science tasks [22] and engaged older adults in participatory design activities [14], especially at the frontiers of HCI [11].…”