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  • Virtual Reality (VR) in Behavioral Research
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Experimental Design Software

Background:

  • Virtual reality (VR) offers naturalistic environments for studying human behavior with controlled stimuli.
  • Advancements in affordable VR hardware, including eye-tracking, expand research possibilities.
  • Existing VR development platforms (Unity, Unreal, Vizard) lack direct support for trial-based experiments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a Python toolbox simplifying the development of trial-based VR experiments using the Vizard platform.
  • To facilitate common experimental tasks: design creation, randomization, stimulus presentation, and data saving.
  • To enable continuous recording of eye and body movements within VR environments.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a Python toolbox integrated with the Vizard VR platform.
  • Implementation of functionalities for trial management, data logging, and hardware integration.
  • Demonstration using a goal-directed reaching task in VR with sample data from five volunteers.

Main Results:

  • The toolbox provides streamlined functionality for creating, randomizing, and presenting VR experimental designs.
  • Continuous eye and body movement data recording is simplified for Vizard-compatible hardware.
  • Sample data from a VR reaching task demonstrates the toolbox's effectiveness.

Conclusions:

  • The Python toolbox significantly simplifies VR experiment development, reducing code duplication.
  • The tool supports reproducibility and open-science initiatives in VR research.
  • It enhances the capability of researchers to conduct complex behavioral studies in virtual reality.