A New Survey Tool to Precisely Measure Virtual Reality User Experience

What is it about?

As Virtual Reality (VR) expands into training, healthcare, and entertainment, a critical question remains: how can we accurately measure the true effectiveness and user experience of a VR application? Existing evaluation tools are outdated and often miss key aspects of the user's experience. Our research addresses this gap by introducing the first comprehensive tool designed to map the entire VR user experience in one single instrument. The new Multidimensional VR User Experience Questionnaire (MuVRUX) measures not just comfort and ease of use, but also how deeply immersed and focused users feel, the complexity of the task, and even the role of artificial intelligence within the simulation. This means educators can now objectively assess if a VR training module actually improves learning, companies can evaluate the return on investment in VR programs, and developers can build applications based on robust evidence of what works. In short, we provide a new standard for measuring the real impact of immersive technology.

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Photo by Adrià García Sarceda on Unsplash

Photo by Adrià García Sarceda on Unsplash

Why is it important?

It provides the first standardized tool to reliably evaluate whether VR applications in training, healthcare, or industry are actually working as intended, moving beyond gut feeling to data-driven decisions. Because without a proper measurement tool, we cannot prove VR's real value or systematically improve it. This tool makes that possible.