Noldus Information Technology bv in Wageningen (The Netherlands) offers complete solutions for usability professionals and market researchers. Our Experience Lab is available for rent or can be used for evaluation before purchasing a complete setup. 

Our new state-of-the-art Experience Lab is equipped for a wide range of studies in usability testing, HCI research and psychology. It is ideal for observations in an office, meeting room or living room setting. The lab has several rooms with set-ups that can be converted depending on your needs, allowing evaluation of a large variety of applications and devices.

Participant room

The participant or user room is standard equipped with a computer, phone, desk and chairs and is perfect for testing the usability of hardware, software, web sites and documentation. It can also be modified to create a setting for other observations such as interviews, focus group sessions or parent-child interaction. Features:

• High quality recording of the sessions is guaranteed by professional audio and video equipment, including ceiling mounted dome cameras. All cameras can be controlled remotely from the observation room so you can zoom in on the topic of your interest.
• High resolution digital screen capture without quality loss.
• Choose the recording you want: split screen, Picture-in-Picture or Picture-by-Picture.

Observation room

Behind a one-way mirror up to six observers can comfortably watch the session, live as well as on computer and video monitors. The test leader can communicate with the test person(s) via microphones and speakers. Loggers can use The Observer, our software package for collection and analysis of observational data. With The Observer you can also create highlight clips for presenting results to clients and colleagues.

Second observation or Conference room

For studying larger groups there is a spacious conference room. Here you will find all video equipment necessary to observe and record meetings with up to 24 participants. Alternatively, this room can be used if a larger number of people wish to observe sessions in the standard participant room.

Additional tools and services

• Portable labs
• Multimodal data integration
• Eye-tracker
• Mobile device camera
• Pocket Observer
• Software for pattern detection
• Training and consulting services

Practical information

• Other peripherals like additional microphones, special cameras or programmable keyboards are available upon request.
• Tapes, CDs or DVDs for archiving your video images are included. Most common video formats are supported.
• All participant and observation rooms have direct internet access via our Gigabit network.
• The lab is located on the ground floor and wheelchair accessible.
• Beverages are provided free of charge, additional catering is available upon request.
• Wageningen is located in the center of the country. Ample free parking space is available. The lab is also served by public transport.  

For more information on our rental lab in The Netherlands, download the leaflet.