HOMELAB
“Homelab” is a 45 meter square apartment reproducing a real living environment and equipped with an automated system allowing for environmental control.
Our expertise
Evaluation of products and/or services with visually impaired people in a real environment
Evaluation of visual search strategies or oculo-manual coordination tasks representing everyday life in an apartment
Our assets
Integrated automated system controlling light intensity and colour temperature
Non–invasive participants’ observation via a network of cameras (Observer XT device, Noldus)
Optical motion capture system: Optitrack © cameras
Some accomplishments
• Testing of Smartphone and Tablet Applications: application for the preparation of a journey on public transport. The “Homelab” allows the recreation of a realistic living environment.
• Assessment of oculo-manual coordination including location of objects in space and grasping (grasping of everyday objects) in an ecological context (kitchen, bathroom, living room)
