Discussing Your Needs in VR: A Novel Approach through Persona-based Stakeholder Role-Playing

Yi Wang; Zhengxin Zhang; Xiao Liu; Chetan Arora; John Grundy; Thuong Hoang

Discussing Your Needs in VR: A Novel Approach through Persona-based Stakeholder Role-Playing

Human-Computer Interaction 2026-02-05 v1

Authors: Yi Wang , Zhengxin Zhang , Xiao Liu , Chetan Arora , John Grundy , Thuong Hoang

Abstract

In this study, we propose a novel approach that supports requirements discussions in virtual environments by automatically generating personas from real-time speech-to-text data. In our pilot experiment, 18 participants (14 from universities and 4 from IT companies) used the generated personas to discuss accessibility requirements within the virtual environment. Participants reported a relatively high level of satisfaction with the social presence and usability of the VR system. We also found that requirements discussions based on personas have a lower workload. Finally, we outline the main directions for future work.

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virtual reality persona-based stakeholder role-playing requirements discussion speech-to-text accessibility

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@article{arxiv.2602.04632,
  title  = {Discussing Your Needs in VR: A Novel Approach through Persona-based Stakeholder Role-Playing},
  author = {Yi Wang and Zhengxin Zhang and Xiao Liu and Chetan Arora and John Grundy and Thuong Hoang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.04632},
  year   = {2026}
}

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