IBBT Game Experience Lab, Ghent, Belgium

The game experience lab is situated in the Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology (IBBT), Ghent, Belgium. It is designed to facilitate research into user experiences with video games in different stages of their development cycle. The game experience lab is used to study and evaluate various aspects of the user-game interaction and serves as a playground for exploring and developing new methods for measuring user experiences in a non-obtrusive manner. Visit the website: http://www.ibbt.be. 

Test Room
The main part of the test room is furnished as a living room in which test users can be made as comfortable as possible. The part closest to the control room consists of four high-end game computers capable of running the latest game software, several game consoles (X-box, Wii, PS3), two ceiling-mounted Dome cameras, four standard cameras and several mobile and fixed microphones.

Control Room
The control room provides visual access to the test room through a one-way mirror. Apart from allowing for direct observation, the room is equipped with software capable of capturing in-game action, the context in which game play occurs and the player’s facial expressions. By using The Observer^® XT software, collected data can be gathered, synchronized and analyzed jointly.