Semiotic Framework for Virtual Reality Usability and UX Evaluation: a Pilot Study

This paper presents the results of a pilot study aimed at validating the Semiotic Framework for Virtual Reality (VR) usability and user experience evaluation (UX). The framework offers a theoretical model for VR applications classification and a combination of evaluation methods and a study protocol to be used for testing usability and UX in the VR field. The main goal of our approach is to provide a complete framework able at overcoming and correctly interpreting the discrepancies that may arise from the application of cognitive and semiotic methods of evaluation. The positive preliminary results of the pilot experiment led the authors to the design of a full-scale study that is already ongoing and that is focused on developing a complete tool of evaluation for VR.