An Open Platform for Research about Cognitive Load in Virtual Reality

TL;DR

This paper introduces an open source platform designed for researching cognitive load in virtual reality, enabling stimulation and analysis through various VR scenes and measurements to improve adaptive system design.

Contribution

It presents a novel open platform for cognitive load research in VR, combining stimulation and measurement tools in a flexible, accessible system.

Findings

Platform supports multiple VR scenes for cognitive load stimulation.

Includes both objective and subjective measurement tools.

Facilitates research to develop adaptive VR systems.

Abstract

The cognitive load can be used to assess if someone is struggling while performing a task. It can be used in many different situations such as in driving, piloting, studying, playing, working, etc. This information can help to design better systems and even to create interactive systems that can be aware of the user's cognitive load and adapt itself to the user. We propose an open source platform that can be used for doing research about cognitive load in virtual reality (VR). Our platform can be used for stimulating cognitive load through several VR scenes and for analyzing cognitive load through objective and subjective measurements.