Heuristics Evaluation and Improvements for Low-Cost Virtual Reality

Oliveira, Eduardo José Gonçalves de; Simões, Francisco; Correia, Walter

doi:10.1109/svr.2017.31

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“…Lastly, in the study by [3], the authors examined the impact of VR in classrooms by deploying three various devices ranging from low-end to high-end. The modified heuristic [3,35] was used to structure the analysis of each device, though the reasoning for choosing that specific heuristic was not explained.…”

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Analyzing the Use of Heuristics in a Virtual Reality Learning Context: A Literature Review

Mohammad

Pedersen

2022

Informatics

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With concepts such as immersion and presence, known as hedonistic qualities of importance in the virtual reality (VR) experience, the question arises whether the more pragmatic heuristics are effective in the evaluation of an artifact. However, despite the importance of the heuristics for artifact evaluations, the available studies do not provide a rigorous review of these heuristics and their efficiency. Thus, this review aims to look at how heuristics have been applied in various virtual learning environments (VLEs) that involve virtual reality learning activities, either for use in heuristic evaluations or as design principles. In addition, it examines how these heuristics support the evaluation of a more hedonistic quality, such as presence, and lastly, the aim is to gauge the estimated efficiency of heuristics as an evaluation method. This article is a systematic review of research investigating using heuristics in a virtual reality learning context. The review includes articles published from January 2017 to February 2022, and from the screened records, twelve articles were analyzed in full-text form. This review shows the versatility of heuristics and their applications as well as the key concepts that are vital to the user’s experience in a virtual reality learning context. This review indicates that heuristic evaluation is a valuable tool, as it provides a clear summary of what needs to be handled in the next iteration of the application.

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“…Heuristics Mentioned Application of Heuristics [3] -Modified heuristic [3,35] (the authors improved two heuristic evaluations, one developed by Sutcliff and Gault [34] and the other by Rusu et al [36])…”

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Analyzing the Use of Heuristics in a Virtual Reality Learning Context: A Literature Review

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2022

Informatics

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“…Moreover, previous work on VR usability mainly focused on simulations and games [3,10]; many focused on heuristic evaluation [5,8,9]. The modern VR applications, however, has expanded to a diverse landscape, including communication, e-commerce, and productivity tools, to name a few.…”

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“…For users, increased availability of VR applications makes it easier to access the immersive experience to complete various tasks. Naturally, the increasing and diversified user base puts the usability of VR applications to the test [5].…”

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Usability of Virtual Reality Application Through the Lens of the User Community

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Cheng

Guo

2019

Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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The increasing availability and diversity of virtual reality (VR) applications highlighted the importance of their usability. Function-oriented VR applications posed new challenges that are not well studied in the literature. Moreover, user feedback becomes readily available thanks to modern software engineering tools, such as app stores and open source platforms. Using Firefox Reality as a case study, we explored the major types of VR usability issues raised in these platforms. We found that 77% of usability feedbacks can be mapped to Nielsen's heuristics while few were mappable to VR-specific heuristics. This result indicates that Nielsen's heuristics could potentially help developers address the usability of this VR application in its early development stage. This work paves the road for exploring tools leveraging the community effort to promote the usability of function-oriented VR applications.

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“…Recent research recently explored the verification of virtual reality heuristics and usability evaluation in the context of the user-centered design methodology. The research objective was to verify and improve two heuristic evaluations, one proposed by Sutcliff and Gault and the other by Rusu, both applied to VR environments using a Google Cardboard (Oliveira, Simoes, & Correia, 2017). Experts with immersive design domain knowledge were given both of the heuristic guidelines and asked to use them to evaluate two different video games.…”

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Marketing in extended reality, a qualitative exploration of how people recall the details of advertisements and what factors drive individual willingness to act across interaction technologies.

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Heuristics Evaluation and Improvements for Low-Cost Virtual Reality

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

Analyzing the Use of Heuristics in a Virtual Reality Learning Context: A Literature Review

Analyzing the Use of Heuristics in a Virtual Reality Learning Context: A Literature Review

Usability of Virtual Reality Application Through the Lens of the User Community

Marketing in extended reality, a qualitative exploration of how people recall the details of advertisements and what factors drive individual willingness to act across interaction technologies.

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