Alexis Souchet

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I am a Researcher in cognitive ergonomics. I work on virtual reality, Human-AI collaboration for decision making, human factors, psychophysiological measures and detection of cognitive load, acute stress and VR side effects. I'm also trying to raise awareness of immersive technologies' ecological impacts.

According to greenpixie.com, my website produces less carbon than 93% of websites with an Estimated CO² produced per page view of 0.55g (last test 11/04/2023).

Experience

Education

Selected publications

• Souchet, A. D., Diallo M. L., Lourdeaux D. (2023). Acute Stress Classification with a Stroop task and in-office biophilic Relaxation in Virtual Reality based on Behavioral and Physiological data. In Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR'23 Adjunct), Syndey, Australia. DOI: 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct60411.2023.00115
• Souchet, A. D., Lourdeaux, D., Burkhardt, J. M., Hancock, P. A. (2023). Design guidelines for limiting and eliminating Virtual Reality Induced Symptoms and Effects at Work: A comprehensive, factor-oriented review. Frontiers in Psychology, 14(1161932). DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1161932
• Souchet, A. D., Lourdeaux, D., Pagani, A., Rebenitsch, L. (2022). A narrative review of immersive virtual reality's ergonomics and risks at the workplace Cybersickness, Visual fatigue, Muscular fatigue, Acute stress, and Mental overload. Virtual Reality. DOI: 10.1007/s10055-022-00672-0
• Souchet, A. D. (2022). Environmental impacts of the “metaverse”: State of ignorance. ACM Web3D’22. 27th International Conference on 3D Web Technology - Workshops, Paris, France. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34204.36482
• Souchet A. D., Diallo M. L., Lourdeaux D. (2022). Cognitive load Classification with a Stroop task in Virtual Reality based on Physiological data. In Proceedings of the 21st IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR'22), Singapore. DOI: 10.1109/ISMAR55827.2022.00083
• Souchet A. D., Xie W., Lourdeaux D. (2022). Distinguishing Visual Fatigue, Mental Workload and Acute Stress in Immersive Virtual Reality with Physiological Data: pre-test results. In Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), Christchurch, New Zealand. DOI: 10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00211
• Souchet, A. D., Philippe, S., Loudeaux D., & Leroy, L. (2021). Measuring Visual Fatigue and Cognitive Load via Eye Tracking while Learning with Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Displays: a Review. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction. DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2021.1976509
• Souchet, A. D., Philippe, S., Lévêque, A., Ober, F., & Leroy, L. (2021). Short- and long-term learning of job interview with a serious game in virtual reality: Influence of eyestrain, stereoscopy, and apparatus. Virtual Reality. DOI: 10.1007/s10055-021-00548-9
• Philippe, S., Souchet, A. D., Lameras, P., Petridis, P., Caporal, J., Coldeboeuf, G., & Duzan, H. (2020). Multimodal teaching, learning and training in virtual reality: A review and case study. Virtual Reality & Intelligent Hardware, 2(5), 421 442. DOI: 10.1016/j.vrih.2020.07.008
• Souchet, A. D., Philippe, D., Lévêque, A., Ober, F., & Leroy, L. (2019). Investigating Cyclical Stereoscopy Effects over Visual Discomfort and Fatigue in Virtual Reality while Learning. In Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR'19), Beijing, China. DOI: 10.1109/ISMAR.2019.00031
• Souchet, A. D., Philippe, S., Zobel, D., Lévêque, A., Ober, F., & Leroy, L. (2018). Eyestrain impacts on learning job interview with a serious game in virtual reality: a randomized double-blinded study. In Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST '18), Tokyo, Japan. DOI: 10.1145/3281505.3281509

Workshops, talks, vulgarization, media coverage, my work quoted in

• IHEST - Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, & de la Recherche et de l’Innovation. (2023, juin). Le Métavers: Une enquête sur les univers virtuels en gestation. IHEST - Institut des Hautes Etudes pour la Science et la Technologie. https://www.ihest.fr/ihest-mediatheque/le-metavers-une-enquete-sur-les-univers-virtuels-en-gestation/
• Hughes-Castleberry, K. (2023, octobre 11). Are There Health Risks to Using Virtual Reality Headsets at Work? Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/are-there-health-risks-to-using-virtual-reality-headsets-at-work
• Souchet, A. D. (2023). Virtual reality has negative side effects – new research shows that can be a problem in the workplace. The Conversation (US) - Reasearch Brief. Link: https://theconversation.com/virtual-reality-has-negative-side-effects-new-research-shows-that-can-be-a-problem-in-the-workplace-210532
• Souchet, A. D. (2023). Virtual reality's risks: side effects and environmental impacts. Café des Sciences & LA tech week – French Consulate, Office for Science and Technology, Los Angeles, USA.
• Souchet, A. D., Xie W., Lourdeaux D. (2022) Mesurer et détecter les effets secondaires de la réalité virtuelle au travail : INFINITY cas appliqué avec les forces de police. IG-RV & AfIA - Collège Interaction avec l’Humain - journée environnements virtuels : adaptation du système à l’humain ou de l’humain au système ? Compiègne, France.
• François, C., Basdevant, A., & Ronfard, R. (2022, octobre 24). Mission exploratoire sur les métavers. Vie publique - Ministère de la Culture; Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique. http://www.vie-publique.fr/rapport/286878-mission-exploratoire-sur-les-metavers
• Souchet, A. D. (29/03/2021). Human Factors of Virtual Reality for Learning and Working: visual fatigue, cognitive load and stress. Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Commission of the Association for Research in Ergonomic Psychology and Ergonomics (ARPEGE).