We make decision tools for VR/AR developers who want to create successful and ethically-aligned products.
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XR Platform Research
Interested in improving your VR/AR/XR platform? We can perform user research to provide you with in depth, qualitative feedback on how users interact with your platform and discover what they like, what they don’t like, and what needs are yet unmet.
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Future Applications Research
Are you dreaming of a future application for VR/AR/XR? Let us help you understand the landscape of that application (whether it be homes, workplaces, socializing, etc.) so that you can design a product that meets the needs and desires of current users.
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Consumer Preferences Research
Do you want to understand consumer preferences around privacy, security, or any other aspect of VR/AR/XR? Let us conduct research for you that is specifically targeted around the niche applications and implications of XR tech.
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Concept Testing
Interested in adding new features to your XR platform? Let us concept test them with users prior to roll out so that you can tune them for optimal effectiveness.
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Workshops
We offer customized trainings and workshops to clients on topics such as ethical product design and culture creation in virtual platforms. If any of our areas of research are of interest to you, we are happy to develop custom workshops for your team.
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Other
Do you want to perform a kind of XR research not seen on this page? Contact us and we’ll have a conversation to see if our agency is a good fit for your research project!
CLIENTS
Mixed methods research.
The Extended Mind is a mixed-methods research agency that specializes in finding the right research approach to answer your unique research question.
Depending on the research question, we may use a solely qualitative approach, quantitative approach, or mixed-methods approach. Some approaches we have used in the past are:
Expert Interviews
Focus Groups
Surveys
User Experiments
Literature Reviews
“Jessica delivers high-quality research that has already influenced the VR industry."
- Clorama Dorvilias, Product Manager at Oculus VR
“Jessica is a visionary who understands the interplay between people dynamics and technological systems that make up immersive technology.”
- Brittan Heller, Law, Technology, and Human Rights at Foley Hoag
“Jessica the first person to take behavioral & cultural issues of the virtual world head on as a scientist.”
- Philip Rosedale, Founder of Second Life, Co-founder of High Fidelity
"Jessica's leadership and insights on XR research has impacted my thinking about the importance of building ethical products and experiences."
- Joanna Popper, Global Head of VR at HP
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