---
_id: '65515'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Abstract This study explores the usability and onboarding process of a Mixed
Reality (MR) application called PEARL, designed to prepare students for laboratory
work. Originally developed for mobile Augmented Reality (mAR), PEARL was adapted
for MR to offer a more immersive and intuitive experience through hand and gesture
controls. Since many students lack experience with MR devices, a user-friendly
onboarding system is essential. The study aims to redesign PEARL’s user interface
and onboarding experience, evaluating how intuitive interaction elements impact
usability. First, a literature review will identify existing usability guidelines
for MR applications, which will guide the redesign of the interface. This new
version will then be tested with students through a user study. Feedback will
be collected via an online survey to assess the onboarding and user experience,
and the findings will be used to refine the design further. The expected outcome
is an improved onboarding process and interface, making PEARL accessible even
for MR novices, enhancing their ability to interact with 3D objects in a real-world
setting. Ultimately, the study aims to provide best practices for developing intuitive
MR interfaces and effective onboarding experiences, especially in educational
contexts.
author:
- first_name: Mesut
full_name: Alptekin, Mesut
id: '11763'
last_name: Alptekin
orcid: 0009-0004-8545-1165
- first_name: Daniel
full_name: Münstermann, Daniel
last_name: Münstermann
- first_name: Katrin
full_name: Temmen, Katrin
last_name: Temmen
citation:
ama: 'Alptekin M, Münstermann D, Temmen K. Designing and Evaluating the Usability
and Onboarding for a Mixed-Reality Application: A Case Study with PEARL (Paderborn
Electrical Engineering AR Laboratory) and Meta Quest 3. In: Lecture Notes in
Networks and Systems. Vol 2. Smart Technologies for an All-Electric Society.
Springer Nature Switzerland; 2026:199-211. doi:10.1007/978-3-032-07319-8_19'
apa: 'Alptekin, M., Münstermann, D., & Temmen, K. (2026). Designing and Evaluating
the Usability and Onboarding for a Mixed-Reality Application: A Case Study with PEARL
(Paderborn Electrical Engineering AR Laboratory) and Meta Quest 3. In Lecture
Notes in Networks and Systems (Vol. 2, pp. 199–211). Springer Nature Switzerland.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-07319-8_19'
bibtex: '@inbook{Alptekin_Münstermann_Temmen_2026, place={Cham}, series={Smart Technologies
for an All-Electric Society}, title={Designing and Evaluating the Usability and Onboarding
for a Mixed-Reality Application: A Case Study with PEARL (Paderborn Electrical
Engineering AR Laboratory) and Meta Quest 3}, volume={2}, DOI={10.1007/978-3-032-07319-8_19},
booktitle={Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems}, publisher={Springer Nature
Switzerland}, author={Alptekin, Mesut and Münstermann, Daniel and Temmen, Katrin},
year={2026}, pages={199–211}, collection={Smart Technologies for an All-Electric
Society} }'
chicago: 'Alptekin, Mesut, Daniel Münstermann, and Katrin Temmen. “Designing and Evaluating
the Usability and Onboarding for a Mixed-Reality Application: A Case Study with PEARL
(Paderborn Electrical Engineering AR Laboratory) and Meta Quest 3.” In Lecture
Notes in Networks and Systems, 2:199–211. Smart Technologies for an All-Electric
Society. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-07319-8_19.'
ieee: 'M. Alptekin, D. Münstermann, and K. Temmen, “Designing and Evaluating the Usability
and Onboarding for a Mixed-Reality Application: A Case Study with PEARL (Paderborn
Electrical Engineering AR Laboratory) and Meta Quest 3,” in Lecture Notes in
Networks and Systems, vol. 2, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026, pp.
199–211.'
mla: 'Alptekin, Mesut, et al. “Designing and Evaluating the Usability and Onboarding
for a Mixed-Reality Application: A Case Study with PEARL (Paderborn Electrical
Engineering AR Laboratory) and Meta Quest 3.” Lecture Notes in Networks and
Systems, vol. 2, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026, pp. 199–211, doi:10.1007/978-3-032-07319-8_19.'
short: 'M. Alptekin, D. Münstermann, K. Temmen, in: Lecture Notes in Networks and
Systems, Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, 2026, pp. 199–211.'
conference:
end_date: 2025-04-11
location: Santiago, Chile
name: International Conference on Smart Technologies & Education (STE2025)
start_date: 2025-04-09
date_created: 2026-04-29T09:12:41Z
date_updated: 2026-04-29T09:23:02Z
department:
- _id: '34'
- _id: '3'
- _id: '300'
doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-07319-8_19
intvolume: ' 2'
keyword:
- Meta Quest 3
- Augmented Reality
- Mixed Reality
- PEARL
- Electrical Engineering
- Laboratory Training
- Onboarding
- User Experience
- User Interface
- Heuristics
language:
- iso: eng
page: 199-211
place: Cham
publication: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
publication_identifier:
isbn:
- '9783032073181'
- '9783032073198'
issn:
- 2367-3370
- 2367-3389
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
series_title: Smart Technologies for an All-Electric Society
status: public
title: 'Designing and Evaluating the Usability and Onboarding for a Mixed-Reality
Application: A Case Study with PEARL (Paderborn Electrical Engineering AR Laboratory)
and Meta Quest 3'
type: book_chapter
user_id: '11763'
volume: 2
year: '2026'
...
---
_id: '38100'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "Smart Cards are becoming a ubiquitous means for securing\r\na wide range
of interactive applications. However in many\r\ncases its use is limited for authentication
purposes only. In\r\nthis paper we extend the use of smart cards for carrying\r\nabstract
user interface descriptions which can be rendered\r\non different and potentially
remote clients that in addition\r\ncan support different interaction modalities.
This adds on\r\nthe one hand to the security since a backend application\r\ncannot
be used without the UI description, and on the other\r\nhand to the versatility
of applications, since all devices with\r\na respective renderer for certain modalities
can be utilized."
author:
- first_name: Robbie
full_name: Schäfer, Robbie
last_name: Schäfer
- first_name: Wolfgang
full_name: Müller, Wolfgang
id: '16243'
last_name: Müller
- first_name: Andrés
full_name: Marin-López, Andrés
last_name: Marin-López
- first_name: Daniel
full_name: Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel
last_name: Díaz-Sánchez
citation:
ama: 'Schäfer R, Müller W, Marin-López A, Díaz-Sánchez D. Device Independent User
Interfaces for Smart Cards. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference
on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI2007).
; 2007.'
apa: Schäfer, R., Müller, W., Marin-López, A., & Díaz-Sánchez, D. (2007). Device
Independent User Interfaces for Smart Cards. Proceedings of the 9th International
Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI2007).
bibtex: '@inproceedings{Schäfer_Müller_Marin-López_Díaz-Sánchez_2007, place={Singapore},
title={Device Independent User Interfaces for Smart Cards}, booktitle={Proceedings
of the 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile
Devices and Services (MobileHCI2007)}, author={Schäfer, Robbie and Müller, Wolfgang
and Marin-López, Andrés and Díaz-Sánchez, Daniel}, year={2007} }'
chicago: Schäfer, Robbie, Wolfgang Müller, Andrés Marin-López, and Daniel Díaz-Sánchez.
“Device Independent User Interfaces for Smart Cards.” In Proceedings of the
9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices
and Services (MobileHCI2007). Singapore, 2007.
ieee: R. Schäfer, W. Müller, A. Marin-López, and D. Díaz-Sánchez, “Device Independent
User Interfaces for Smart Cards,” 2007.
mla: Schäfer, Robbie, et al. “Device Independent User Interfaces for Smart Cards.”
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction
with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI2007), 2007.
short: 'R. Schäfer, W. Müller, A. Marin-López, D. Díaz-Sánchez, in: Proceedings
of the 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile
Devices and Services (MobileHCI2007), Singapore, 2007.'
date_created: 2023-01-23T11:45:55Z
date_updated: 2023-01-23T11:46:05Z
department:
- _id: '672'
keyword:
- Smart Card
- Abstract User Interface
- Device Independence
language:
- iso: eng
place: Singapore
publication: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction
with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI2007)
status: public
title: Device Independent User Interfaces for Smart Cards
type: conference
user_id: '5786'
year: '2007'
...
---
_id: '38543'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Today a large variety of mobile interaction devices such as PDAs and mobile
phones enforce the development of a wide range of user interfaces for each platform.
The complexity even grows, when multiple interaction devices are used to perform
the same task and when different modalities have to be supported. We introduce
a new dialog model for the abstraction of concrete user interfaces with a separate
advanced control layer for the integration of different modalities. In this context,
we present the Dialog and Interface Specification Language (DISL), which comes
with a proof-of-concept implementation.
author:
- first_name: Robbie
full_name: Schäfer, Robbie
last_name: Schäfer
- first_name: Steffen
full_name: Bleul, Steffen
last_name: Bleul
- first_name: Wolfgang
full_name: Müller, Wolfgang
id: '16243'
last_name: Müller
citation:
ama: 'Schäfer R, Bleul S, Müller W. Dialog Modelling for Multiple Devices and Multiple
Interaction Modalities. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on
Task Models and Diagrams for User Interface Design (TAMODIA’2006). ; 2006.
doi:10.1007/978-3-540-70816-2_4'
apa: Schäfer, R., Bleul, S., & Müller, W. (2006). Dialog Modelling for Multiple
Devices and Multiple Interaction Modalities. Proceedings of the 5th International
Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams for User Interface Design (TAMODIA’2006).
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70816-2_4
bibtex: '@inproceedings{Schäfer_Bleul_Müller_2006, place={Hasselt, Belgium}, title={Dialog
Modelling for Multiple Devices and Multiple Interaction Modalities}, DOI={10.1007/978-3-540-70816-2_4},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams
for User Interface Design (TAMODIA’2006)}, author={Schäfer, Robbie and Bleul,
Steffen and Müller, Wolfgang}, year={2006} }'
chicago: Schäfer, Robbie, Steffen Bleul, and Wolfgang Müller. “Dialog Modelling
for Multiple Devices and Multiple Interaction Modalities.” In Proceedings of
the 5th International Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams for User Interface
Design (TAMODIA’2006). Hasselt, Belgium, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70816-2_4.
ieee: 'R. Schäfer, S. Bleul, and W. Müller, “Dialog Modelling for Multiple Devices
and Multiple Interaction Modalities,” 2006, doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-70816-2_4.'
mla: Schäfer, Robbie, et al. “Dialog Modelling for Multiple Devices and Multiple
Interaction Modalities.” Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Task
Models and Diagrams for User Interface Design (TAMODIA’2006), 2006, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-70816-2_4.
short: 'R. Schäfer, S. Bleul, W. Müller, in: Proceedings of the 5th International
Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams for User Interface Design (TAMODIA’2006),
Hasselt, Belgium, 2006.'
date_created: 2023-01-24T08:03:51Z
date_updated: 2023-01-24T08:03:56Z
department:
- _id: '672'
doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-70816-2_4
keyword:
- User Interface Interaction Manager Output Device Multimodal Interface Interaction
Object
language:
- iso: eng
place: Hasselt, Belgium
publication: Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams
for User Interface Design (TAMODIA'2006)
publication_identifier:
isbn:
- 978-3-540-70815-5
status: public
title: Dialog Modelling for Multiple Devices and Multiple Interaction Modalities
type: conference
user_id: '5786'
year: '2006'
...
---
_id: '39350'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Variation in different mobile devices with different capabilities and interaction
modalities as well as changing user context in nomadic applications, poses huge
challenges to the design of user interfaces. To avoid multiple designs for each
device or modality, it is almost a must to employ a model-based approach. In this
short paper, we present a new dialog model for multimodal interaction together
with an advanced control model, which can either be used for direct modeling by
an interface designer or in conjunction with higher level models.
author:
- first_name: Robbie
full_name: Schäfer, Robbie
last_name: Schäfer
- first_name: Steffen
full_name: Bleul, Steffen
last_name: Bleul
- first_name: Wolfgang
full_name: Müller, Wolfgang
id: '16243'
last_name: Müller
citation:
ama: 'Schäfer R, Bleul S, Müller W. A Novel Dialog Model for the Design of Multimodal
User Interfaces. In: Proceedings of EHCI-DSVIS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer
Science . ; 2004.'
apa: Schäfer, R., Bleul, S., & Müller, W. (2004). A Novel Dialog Model for the
Design of Multimodal User Interfaces. Proceedings of EHCI-DSVIS 2005.
bibtex: '@inproceedings{Schäfer_Bleul_Müller_2004, place={Tremsbüttel, Hamburg},
series={Lecture Notes in Computer Science }, title={A Novel Dialog Model for the
Design of Multimodal User Interfaces}, booktitle={Proceedings of EHCI-DSVIS 2005},
author={Schäfer, Robbie and Bleul, Steffen and Müller, Wolfgang}, year={2004},
collection={Lecture Notes in Computer Science } }'
chicago: Schäfer, Robbie, Steffen Bleul, and Wolfgang Müller. “A Novel Dialog Model
for the Design of Multimodal User Interfaces.” In Proceedings of EHCI-DSVIS
2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . Tremsbüttel, Hamburg, 2004.
ieee: R. Schäfer, S. Bleul, and W. Müller, “A Novel Dialog Model for the Design
of Multimodal User Interfaces,” 2004.
mla: Schäfer, Robbie, et al. “A Novel Dialog Model for the Design of Multimodal
User Interfaces.” Proceedings of EHCI-DSVIS 2005, 2004.
short: 'R. Schäfer, S. Bleul, W. Müller, in: Proceedings of EHCI-DSVIS 2005, Tremsbüttel,
Hamburg, 2004.'
date_created: 2023-01-24T09:26:58Z
date_updated: 2023-01-24T09:27:03Z
department:
- _id: '672'
keyword:
- Multimodal User Interface High Level Model Multimodal User High Level
Approach Dialog Model
language:
- iso: eng
place: Tremsbüttel, Hamburg
publication: Proceedings of EHCI-DSVIS 2005
series_title: 'Lecture Notes in Computer Science '
status: public
title: A Novel Dialog Model for the Design of Multimodal User Interfaces
type: conference
user_id: '5786'
year: '2004'
...