TY - GEN
T1 - MazeWorld
T2 - 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2025
AU - Fieffer, Stephen J.
AU - Matsumuro, Miki
AU - Newendorp, Amanda K.
AU - Sharma, Surya
AU - Segal, Jonathan Isaac
AU - Lovig, Lucas A.
AU - Shah Abadi, Ghazal
AU - Deal, Ashley B.
AU - Sabouni, Hila
AU - Jafari Ranjbar, Maral
AU - Lauharatanahirun, Nina
AU - Dorneich, Michael C.
AU - Stevenson Won, Andrea
AU - Gilbert, Stephen B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Many research testbeds are created with specific studies in mind, which limits their use for cross-disciplinary research. This paper introduces MazeWorld, an open-source, multiplayer Unity virtual environment application designed to accommodate multiple research disciplines. In MazeWorld, three players take on specific interdependent roles to solve a maze-based challenge and speak via an audio channel. Features of the maze, the player avatars, and task difficulty can be varied per the researcher’s goals. MazeWorld can be played using a virtual reality headset, and players each use their own device. MazeWorld, a research testbed, logs player behaviors and game states extensively.
AB - Many research testbeds are created with specific studies in mind, which limits their use for cross-disciplinary research. This paper introduces MazeWorld, an open-source, multiplayer Unity virtual environment application designed to accommodate multiple research disciplines. In MazeWorld, three players take on specific interdependent roles to solve a maze-based challenge and speak via an audio channel. Features of the maze, the player avatars, and task difficulty can be varied per the researcher’s goals. MazeWorld can be played using a virtual reality headset, and players each use their own device. MazeWorld, a research testbed, logs player behaviors and game states extensively.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105008950059
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105008950059#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-94162-7_30
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-94162-7_30
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105008950059
SN - 9783031941610
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 309
EP - 318
BT - HCI International 2025 Posters - 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2025, Proceedings
A2 - Stephanidis, Constantine
A2 - Antona, Margherita
A2 - Ntoa, Stavroula
A2 - Salvendy, Gavriel
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 22 June 2025 through 27 June 2025
ER -