Virtual Reality

Software engineering for mixed reality headsets is still in its early genesis even though the required hardware for it has been available for several decades. Existing methods to streamline development are still limited and developers often find themselves doing things manually. Mixed Reality system testing, for example, are often done by hand by developers who have to wear the headsets and do the testing as if they were an end user. This is a significant time sink in the development process.

Virtual Reality (VR) is increasingly recognized as a technology with substantial commercial potential, progressively integrated into a wide array of everyday applications and supported by an expanding ecosystem of immersive devices. Despite this growth, the long-term adoption and maintenance of VR applications remain limited, particularly due to the lack of formalized software engineering practices adapted to the unique characteristics of VR environments. Among these challenges, the absence of effective, systematic, and reproducible tools for interaction testing constitutes a significant barrier to ensuring application quality and user experience.