1st Workshop on Replication in Extended Reality (WoRXR)

The replication crisis describes widespread failures to replicate empirical findings. In many cases, over 50% of previously reported results could not be replicated. While originating in fields like medicine and psychology, the replication crisis has now also reached other empirical research areas such as computer science. These issues have shaken the foundations of these fields: Can empirical results really be believed? How can we support the reproducibility of increasingly complex interactive systems?

This workshop aims at bringing together researchers interested in the replication of empirical research as well as algorithmic reproducibility of computing artifacts, inside and outside of the AR/VR/MR/XR community. Specifically, the workshop will start with introducing important concepts and case studies and then evolve into discussing position papers by participants.

Key topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to:

• Position papers on replication/reproduction and their relation to the XR community.

• Papers describing (successful or attempted) replication of existing works.

• Meta-analyses on the feasibility of replication in mixed reality.

• Algorithmic reproducibility of technical systems (hardware, software, demonstrators, ...).

• Experiences from your own laboratory’s efforts to replicate existing empirical studies or reproduce technical systems and to publish those findings.

• Proposals for improving reproducibility at ISMAR (and related venues).

• Paper Submission Deadline: August 7th, 2021 AoE (Anywhere on Earth)

• Paper Notification: August 12th, 2021

• Camera-Ready Submission Deadline: August 19, 2021 AoE (Anywhere on Earth)

• Email: worxr-workshop@ismar21.org

• Attendees who wish may contribute an abstract of up to two pages, similar in format to a poster abstract using the VGTC conference paper template.

• Longer position papers (up to 6 pages) will also be considered. These will be selected by the organizers based on fitting the topic of the workshop. All submitted longer papers must be prepared using the VGTC conference paper template.

Submissions Process:

All materials will be submitted electronically through the Precision Conference website at: [PCS]

If you already have an account with that system, please use that account to submit your materials. Otherwise, create a new account.

All accepted abstracts and longer papers will be included as IEEE ISMAR Adjunct Proceedings in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.

** Attendees are also welcome to simply discuss their experiences with replication issues without submitting a paper **