The Smart Center’s Testing Room provides a controlled environment for observing how individuals interact with technology, applications, and digital health tools.

The room features a one-way observation window, allowing researchers and faculty to observe participants in real time without disrupting their natural behavior. This setup creates a comfortable testing environment while still capturing valuable data about usability, decision-making, and user experience.

Students and researchers can use the space for:

• Usability testing of apps, websites, and software
• Research on digital health tools and telehealth platforms
• Observational studies and behavioral research
• Human-computer interaction experiments
• Recording user interactions during tasks or simulations

The testing room is part of the Smart Center’s mission to support innovation, research, and student engagement with emerging technologies.

The Smart Center offers eye tracking glasses that capture real-time, first-person visual attention. This technology records exactly what the wearer sees while tracking where their eyes focus within the environment.

By analyzing gaze patterns and attention points, researchers and educators can better understand how individuals interact with tasks, technology, and real-world environments.

Eye tracking glasses support a wide range of applications, including observational research, simulation training, human behavior studies, and usability testing. This technology provides valuable insights into decision-making, task performance, and visual attention in authentic settings.

The Smart Center offers a screen-based eye tracking system that allows researchers and students to study how people visually interact with digital information. By tracking eye movement in real time, the system reveals where users focus their attention, how they process information, and how they make decisions when using digital tools.

This technology is widely used in research, healthcare education, usability testing, and cognitive studies. The eye tracker can help analyze how users read screens, interact with applications, or interpret complex information.

Example Uses

• Understanding how students read digital materials
• Studying how clinicians interpret patient data or dashboards
• Testing the usability of healthcare software
• Research on attention, decision-making, and visual behavior

This technology supports innovative research and hands-on learning experiences for students and faculty across multiple disciplines.

A high-resolution document camera system enables users to record detailed overhead content such as documents, handwritten notes, mobile devices, and small equipment. This setup is ideal for capturing fine interactions including hand movements, gestures, and step-by-step workflows.

Common Uses:

Demonstrating clinical tools or small devices
Recording instructional walkthroughs
Presenting documents, diagrams, or written content
Usability testing for mobile and digital applications

The Media Lab also includes a dedicated audio-video recording area equipped with camera, lighting, and microphone systems, along with green screen capability for enhanced visual production.

This setup allows users to record professional presentations, lectures, and digital media content, with the option to replace backgrounds or create immersive visual environments.

Common Uses:

Recording lectures, tutorials, and presentations
Creating training or educational videos
Producing telehealth or research communication content
Green screen video production for custom backgrounds