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    Area of Science:

    • Behavioral Science
    • Computer Science
    • Human-Computer Interaction

    Background:

    • Virtual reality (VR) is a growing tool for studying human behavior.
    • Conducting large-scale VR experiments presents significant challenges, including software complexity, data capture difficulties, and extensive analysis efforts.
    • There is a need for standardized, open-source tools to facilitate VR research.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review and categorize open-source toolkits for virtual reality (VR) research.
    • To identify trends and challenges in the VR research ecosystem.
    • To provide recommendations for improving the consistency and sustainability of VR studies.

    Main Methods:

    • A comprehensive review of 67 open-source, research-oriented toolkits for VR studies.
    • Categorization of tools based on their support for different stages of VR research (planning, design, data collection, analysis, remote studies).
    • Analysis of trends, including software influence (Unity), interface design, data synchronization (Lab Streaming Layer - LSL), and AI-driven analysis.

    Main Results:

    • The review identified 67 relevant open-source toolkits.
    • Key trends include the dominance of Unity, a balance between ease-of-use and flexibility, increased adoption of LSL for synchronized data, and growing interest in real-world and AI-supported analysis.
    • Practical recommendations and a maintenance snapshot of technological risks were compiled.

    Conclusions:

    • VR research can be made more consistent and sustainable through shared data formats, accurate timing, and robust data exports.
    • A roadmap for reproducibility is proposed, including cross-platform VR experiment description languages and distributed datasets.
    • The review aims to guide researchers in tool selection and developers in building a more reliable VR research ecosystem.