Exploring the design space for multi-sensory heart rate feedback in immersive virtual reality

H. Chen , A. Dey , M. Billinghurst , R. W. Lindeman

OZCHI

Showing users their own heart rate in VR might enhance the experience, but the best way to present it was unexplored. In a within-subjects study, this paper investigated whether heart-rate feedback improved the VR experience and mapped a design space of multi-sensory representations. Participants enjoyed seeing their heart rate, preferring audio-haptic feedback, while purely visual feedback was reported as distracting — yielding practical guidance for designing physiological feedback in VR.

@inproceedings{chen2017,
  author    = {H. Chen and A. Dey and M. Billinghurst and R. W. Lindeman},
  title     = {Exploring the design space for multi-sensory heart rate feedback in immersive virtual reality},
  booktitle = {OZCHI},
  pages     = {108-116},
  doi       = {10.1145/3152771.3152783},
  year      = {2017}
}