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.
翻译:隐性虚拟现实(IVR)实验的一个重大问题是比较研究条件的能力。VR工具包和IVR环境复杂多样,但来自不同领域的研究人员,如信通技术、心理学或营销,往往忽视以足够详细的程度描述它们,使其研究能够定位于IVR景观。仔细报告这些条件可能会增加研究成果的可适用性及其对HCI和IVR方面共享知识的影响。 根据文献审查、我们的经验、实践和关键IVR因素的综合,我们在本篇文章中提供了一份描述IVR实验研究条件的参考清单。将这些内容纳入出版物将有助于IVR研究的可比性,并帮助其他研究人员决定所报告的结果在多大程度上与其自身研究目标相关。汇编的清单是一个随时可以使用的参考工具,考虑到关键硬件、软件和人类因素以及与视觉、音频、触摸和其他互动方面有关的多种因素。