Remote XR Studies: Exploring Three Key Challenges of Remote XR Experimentation

Abstract

HCI and social science experimentation that explores or uses extended reality (XR) has been particularly impacted by the recent Covid-19 pandemic. This is due to typical deployment of XR experiments inside laboratories, and a paucity of research into how to effectively conduct remote XR experimentation. This first CHI Remote XR workshop aims to explore the current state of the art around three main themes of remote XR experimentation: (i) participant recruitment and screening; (ii) data collection, including limitations and affordances of existing research and XR tools; and (iii) software frameworks and requirements for the effective design of encapsulated remote XR user studies. This workshop brings together researchers and practitioners in XR to explore these recently emerged themes and to imagine how effective future remote XR research might be conducted.