IXCI:The Immersive eXperimenter Control Interface

Abstract

Standalone Head-Mounted Displays open up new possibilities to study full-room, bodily interactions in immersive environments. User studies with these devices, however, are complex to design, setup and run, since remote access is required to track the user view and actions, detect errors and perform adjustments during experimental sessions. We designed IXCI as a research support tool to streamline immersive user studies by explicitly addressing these issues. Through a use case, we show how the tool effectively supports the researcher in tasks such as remote debugging, rapid prototyping, run-time parameter configuration, monitoring participants’ progress, providing help to users, recovering from errors and minimizing data loss.