Welcome!

Welcome, and thank you for participating in this experiment. This experiment is part of a research project investigating how humans experience being in virtual reality (VR). In this application, you will try out a VR experience and continuously tell us about what you think and feel about that experience. We are very interested in your experience, not so much in what you are seeing or doing. This application is part of a study run by the University of Copenhagen and the IT University of Copenhagen.

In this experiment, you will try a VR application. While you interact with the application, we ask you to speak about the things that come to mind. We will record your voice for later analysis. Do not worry too much about what you say, as long as it is somehow related to the things you feel while engaged with the VR application.

Try to say everything that comes to your mind while you engage with the application

1. speak all thoughts, even if they are unrelated to the task;
2. refrain from explaining the thoughts;
3. try not to plan out what to say; and
4. speak continuously.

We will remind you to speak if you are quiet for a prolonged time. Please ensure that you are in a quiet and undisturbed space while participating in the experiment. After the VR experience, you will be asked to answer a few questions.

If you feel any discomfort or wish to stop for any reason, you may retreat from the equipment, take a break, or quit the experiment at any point. The experiment lasts for approximately 30 minutes.

Informed Consent

Consent is given within the VR application.
During the study you will be asked to talk aloud about your perception of a VR experience. During the experiment your voice will be recorded.
In case you feel any discomfort or for any other reason wish to stop you may retreat from the equipment and take a break or quit the experiment all together at any point.
You have the right to withdraw your consent and participation at any point during the experiment or after without disclosing the reason and without consequence. If you wish to withdraw, your data will be destroyed. Please make sure to save your Prolific ID and mention it to us in case of withdrawal.
Please do not disclose personal or sensitive information while participating in the experiment.

Data Processing Consent

Consent is given within the VR application.
In connection with your participation in a trial as part of a research project at the University of Copenhagen, we hereby request your consent to us processing your personal data. We do so under the rules in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). See the information sheet for more details about the project and the processing of your personal data.

Title of the research project: Talking in Virtual Reality
Primary investigator in charge of the project and your data: Tor-Salve Dalsgaard (torsalve@di.ku.dk)

Your consent to the processing of your data is voluntary and may be withdrawn at any time. You may at any time change or withdraw your consent by contacting the primary investigator. If you withdraw consent, it will take effect from that point in time and will not affect the legality of our work with your data in connection with the project up to that point. Your data will, therefore, continue to be included in the work done by the project up until the point at which you withdraw your consent. Information on the processing of personal data for participants in research projects at the University of Copenhagen.

Title of the research project
Talking in Virtual Reality

What is the project about and why do we collect personal data?
This experiment is part of a research project investigating how humans experience being in virtual reality (VR). In this application, you will try out a VR experience and continuously tell us about what you think and feel about that experience. We are very interested in your experience, not so much in what you are seeing or doing. We collect audio recordings of our utterances of your experience while being immersed in VR. This data is considered personal data, as your voice can be recognised. The collected audio will be transcribed after collection. The raw audio will not be shared. The transcriptions will be shared publicly after the publication of the results of our study.

What personal data does the project process?
The project processes the following information about the participants:

• Age
• Self-Identified Gender
• Country of Residence (Inferred through IP-address)
• Weekly use of VR
• Level of Education
• Voice recorded during the study
• Questionnaire answers

For how long is personal data stored?
Your data will be stored at the University of Copenhagen in personally identifiable form until the project is completed or, at the latest, on 30.06.2032. After this date, your personal data will be anonymised or deleted. The project is considered completed upon acceptance at a journal or conference.

How will your personal data be stored?
All data is recorded with a random identifier assigned to you. All data is stored in a secure digital or physical location according to GDPR guidelines.

Will personal data be passed on to others, such as researchers at other universities? Data will only be shared in anonymised form for research purposes only. Your data will be shared with researchers directly affiliated with the project. Your data may be shared with other researchers at the University of Copenhagen or in the EU/EEA for research purposes. Your data collected for the project will be used in the teaching of students at the University of Copenhagen after the project is completed. In this case, data will be shared after being anonymised. Your data may be shared with research institutions outside the EU/EEA in anonymised form for research purposes only.

How will personal data be transferred between institutions?
Transcripts of the audio, basic demographics, and questionnaire data may be shared between partners in the project and later shared as open data to the research community through an online platform like OSF or ERDA. The raw audio data will not be shared and stored securely on the platform SIF.

Personal data is obtained from
We have only obtained data from your actions during participation in the study.

We are permitted to process your data in accordance with the rules in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We must inform you of the rules that apply to our work with your data. Article 6 (1) (a), which gives the University of Copenhagen the right to process non-sensitive personal data about you on the basis of your consent. Article 9 (2) (a), which gives the University of Copenhagen the right to process sensitive personal data about you on the basis of your consent.

The participants’ rights under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) As a participant in a research project, you have several rights under GDPR. Your rights are specified in the University of Copenhagen privacy policy: https://informationssikkerhed.ku.dk/english/protection-of-information-privacy/privacy-policy/

Person responsible for storing and processing of personal data
University of Copenhagen, CVR no. 29979812 is the data controller responsible for processing personal data in the research project. The research project is headed by Tor-Salve Dalsgaard (primary investigator), who can be contacted at: Address: Sigurdsgade 41, 2100 København Email: torsalve@di.ku.dk The supervisor for this project is Kasper Hornbæk (kash@di.ku.dk).