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The Staircase Procedure Toolkit: Psychophysical Detection Threshold Experiments Made Easy

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VRST '23: Proceedings of the 29th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

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Published: 09 October 2023 Publication History

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We propose a novel open-source software toolkit to support researchers in the domains of human-computer interaction (HCI) and virtual reality (VR) in conducting psychophysical experiments. Our toolkit is designed to work with the widely-used Unity engine and is implemented in C# and Python. With the toolkit, researchers can easily set up, run, and analyze experiments to find perceptual detection thresholds using the adaptive weighted up/down method, also known as the staircase procedure. Besides being straightforward to integrate in Unity projects, the toolkit automatically stores experiment results, features a live plotter that visualizes answers in real time, and offers scripts that help researchers analyze the gathered data using statistical tests.

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Feick MRegitz KGehrke LZenner ATang AJungbluth TRekrut MKrüger A(2024)Predicting the Limits: Tailoring Unnoticeable Hand Redirection Offsets in Virtual Reality to Individuals' Perceptual BoundariesProceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3654777.3676425(1-13)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
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Kim MOfek EPahud MSinclair MBianchi A(2024)Big or Small, It’s All in Your Head: Visuo-Haptic Illusion of Size-Change Using Finger-RepositioningProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642254(1-15)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
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Zenner AKarr CFeick MAriza OKrüger A(2024)Beyond the Blink: Investigating Combined Saccadic & Blink-Suppressed Hand Redirection in Virtual RealityProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642073(1-14)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
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The Staircase Procedure Toolkit: Psychophysical Detection Threshold Experiments Made Easy
1. Applied computing
  1. Law, social and behavioral sciences
    1. Psychology
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
      1. User studies
  2. Visualization
    1. Visualization systems and tools
      1. Visualization toolkits

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Feick MRegitz KGehrke LZenner ATang AJungbluth TRekrut MKrüger A(2024)Predicting the Limits: Tailoring Unnoticeable Hand Redirection Offsets in Virtual Reality to Individuals' Perceptual BoundariesProceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3654777.3676425(1-13)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3654777.3676425
Kim MOfek EPahud MSinclair MBianchi A(2024)Big or Small, It’s All in Your Head: Visuo-Haptic Illusion of Size-Change Using Finger-RepositioningProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642254(1-15)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642254
Zenner AKarr CFeick MAriza OKrüger A(2024)Beyond the Blink: Investigating Combined Saccadic & Blink-Suppressed Hand Redirection in Virtual RealityProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642073(1-14)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642073
Feick MZenner ASeibert STang AKrüger A(2024)The Impact of Avatar Completeness on Embodiment and the Detectability of Hand Redirection in Virtual RealityProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3641933(1-9)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
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