Title
Remote VR Studies: A Framework for Running Virtual Reality Studies Remotely Via Participant-Owned HMDs
Abstract
AbstractWe investigate opportunities and challenges of running virtual reality (VR) studies remotely. Today, many consumers own head-mounted displays (HMDs), allowing them to participate in scientific studies from their homes using their own equipment. Researchers can benefit from this approach by being able to recruit study populations normally out of their reach, and to conduct research at times when it is difficult to get people into the lab (cf. the COVID pandemic). In an initial online survey (N = 227), we assessed HMD owners’ demographics, their VR setups and their attitudes toward remote participation. We then identified different approaches to running remote studies and conducted two case studies for an in-depth understanding. We synthesize our findings into a framework for remote VR studies, discuss strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches, and derive best practices. Our work is valuable for Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers conducting VR studies outside labs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1145/3472617
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Virtual reality, user studies, remote studies, data collection methods
Journal
28
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
6
1073-0516
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.40
0
12
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rivu Radiah113.44
Ville Mäkelä2122.67
Sarah Prange385.28
Sarah Delgado Rodriguez411.41
Robin Piening510.40
Yumeng Zhou610.40
Kay Köhle710.40
Ken Pfeuffer817214.64
Yomna Abdelrahman97216.86
Matthias Hoppe10126.36
Albrecht Schmidt116495696.81
Florian Alt121552119.24