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

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.