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I studied whether VR provides a more efficient and effective method of data visualization.

- I used Immersion Analytics and Virtualitics to analyze female participation in the Olympics over the past 120 years.

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• Licensing limitations:
• Virtualitics: one active user
• Immersion Analytics Oculus Visualizer: virtual room, but others could not see my graph.

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• Restriction on graph inputs, data manipulation requirements, and performance overload limitations influenced the research question:
• Virtualitics Smart Mapping feature set up the research question.
• Immersion Analytics: had to switch to a scatter plot with smaller csv files and modify the research question

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🡺In conclusion, without advanced knowledge on plug-ins or how to add collaboration features, VR visualization software can overwhelm and direct your research instead of being a tool to help assist it.

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Suggestions:

- Don’t use shared wifi or virtual machines

- Include a legend and a side panel for selected points to identify “floating” values

- Most ppl do not feel like there is collaboration unless they see evidence of others in the virtual environment -- multi-user pointers and avatars.