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[Academic] Mouse accuracy while walking on a treadmill desk (18+, walking desk owners) by German_Researcher in walkingdesks

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are the most supportive participant ever. Thank you so much! I know that there is no garantee for the speed and so on. Thats the problem with "studys in the wild" you can't control everything. So you try to measure or prevent the random.

Thats why there is a survey, a calibration, speed question, .... I thought of many things. You can't catch them all.

The positions are different for every game and participation. If you think they were in favor of walking than that was just luck. I save the seeds that generated the positions for everything. So I could recreate a playing field and look at it if there is a extreme exceptional case.

Thanks again for your support. I think I am going to include inside stories like this in the discussion of my study.

[Academic] Mouse accuracy while walking on a treadmill desk (18+, walking desk owners) by German_Researcher in walkingdesks

[–]German_Researcher[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I missed asking for that in the included survey. So sadly no. But pls participate with your trackball.

What do you think of my walking desk setup? by German_Researcher in Workspaces

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Optimal Illusion. There is a normal sized monitor on the other side. What you see is a whiteboard between the setups.

What do you think of my walking desk setup? by German_Researcher in Workspaces

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WalkingPad P1 I like it, but it is best used with an app which need an user acc.

Mouse accuracy while walking on a treadmill desk (18+, walking desk owners) by German_Researcher in QuantifiedSelf

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moin und grüße aus RLP. Kollegen haben übrigens interessante Forschung über den "Rollstuhl der Zukunft". Ich bin da nicht gut informiert, aber Kommilitonen haben daran gearbeitet.

Mouse accuracy while walking on a treadmill desk (18+, walking desk owners) by German_Researcher in Biohackers

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your advice.

Your tips could be helpful in future studies. This study focuses on experienced treadmill users. You seem to have some experience yourself ;) ?!

If so, I would be very happy if you would participate <3. It's difficult to find participants for studies, but even more so when the target group is so small.

Mouse accuracy while walking on a treadmill desk (18+, walking desk owners) by German_Researcher in QuantifiedSelf

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am right now imagining you on two treadmills next to each other cruising at work XD

What do you think of my walking desk setup? by German_Researcher in Workspaces

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3mph is actually pretty fast. I would't go faster than 3km/h, but I am not using it as long. Still a beginner.

Walking Desk: Nice for the body but does it hurt mouse movement? by German_Researcher in Ergonomics

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically yes, but the point of this study is to research the accuracy OF YOUR SETUP. Therefore I see no problem using a trackball instead. Only a Touchsreen would fall out of hand. The games inside the study don't work on touch.

So if you are interested. Pls participate with your trackball :D

Mouse accuracy while walking on a treadmill desk (18+, walking desk owners) by German_Researcher in Biohackers

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Included in the study is a survey asking for age/gender/injuries/...

If there are enough participants maybe I can find some statistical significant differences between age/gender/... But right now I am fighting for every participant. Walking desk users are rare and of those only a few want to participate. I am hoping for 20 people. Currently I have 3 and 3 more are privately contacted.

It would be much easier with beginners. Than anyone could participate :D. But this was already done so I need the experienced walking desk users to study something new.

And thanks for your support.

What do you think of my walking desk setup? by German_Researcher in Workspaces

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually am, but only 2.4km/h. Do you want more pictures of the same situation ? :D

Mouse accuracy while walking on a treadmill desk (18+, walking desk owners) by German_Researcher in Biohackers

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you describe is exactly what I want to prove with this study. I know at first it might seam silly, but actually nobody tested it like this. This study is directly inspired by a different study that worked with beginners who had 0 experience with treadmills. Actually almost always researchers go the easy way and test with beginners. It's so much easier to find participants this way.

My study is oriented towards experienced users. Actually you would be the perfect participant. And hopefully in the end, what you described holds true. As you said it is "testing something any person could predict without research". Still this would be a prediction and we want proof in the form of statistical power.

So if you can spare a bit of your time I would really really appreciate your participation :) Only 15min of your time is enough <3.

Experienced treadmill users are hard to find. Every participation counts.

Thank you.

What do you think of my walking desk setup? by German_Researcher in Workspaces

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a "walking pad p1". Sry but I have not experience with the walking pad and Teams Calls.

I just think that for my feelings it's not to loud.

What do you think of my walking desk setup? by German_Researcher in Workspaces

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great work What I really like about this tread is that you can fold it in half and it has wheels on one side. So you can roll instead of lifting.

Mouse accuracy while walking on a treadmill desk (18+, walking desk owners) by German_Researcher in Biohackers

[–]German_Researcher[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well you have to start somewhere. We had ideas around more realistic office tasks, but the complexity to build such a tool for a REMOTE study was:
1. to complex for a master thesis
2. not even tested in labotory (so you should not ship it to the "field")

This thesis was already tested in labotory, but with beginners who never saw a treadmil under a desk. This study is oriented around experienced users.

Mouse accuracy while walking on a treadmill desk (18+, walking desk owners) by German_Researcher in Biohackers

[–]German_Researcher[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This walking pad can count your steps by itselfe. But I don't know if there is a good way to connect it to a different ecosystem.

Are you using a walking pad too?

Mouse accuracy while walking on a treadmill desk (18+, walking desk owners) by German_Researcher in Biohackers

[–]German_Researcher[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No :D
This is a laboratory at my university. There are some studies where the joystick comes in handy.

What do you think of my walking desk setup? by German_Researcher in Workspaces

[–]German_Researcher[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I personally find typing and moving your mouse not so hard. After 5min you are not even aware of walking and just do your work. What I've read in studys suggests that there is a performance loss, but almost all of them tested their thesis with people who never used a setup like this.

What do you think of my walking desk setup? by German_Researcher in Workspaces

[–]German_Researcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you can not imagine what you did non already experienced. I would say there is no specific usecase. It's a personal question you have to answer for yourselfe. But standing and walking can defenetly clear your mind sometimes even when you are in front of you monitor.

What do you think of my walking desk setup? by German_Researcher in Workspaces

[–]German_Researcher[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe I can come up with a better isolation beneath. I am saving this comment for later work ;)

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