Continuous affect state annotation using a joystick-based user interface: Exploratory data analysis

Abstract

The DLR (German Aerospace Center) aims to assess user’s affective state in motion simulators. To facilitate this goal, a joystick-based user interface was used to gather reports on user’s emotions. This user interface allowed continuous annotations, while video clips were watched. In parallel, several physiological parameters (e.g., electrodermal activity, heart and respiration rate) were acquired to record affective responses. An exploratory data analysis of the users’ ratings (incl. several visualizations) that unveils several interesting data patterns is presented.