Defining data inputs

Learn how to set up data inputs for your project.

Affective Computing powered by Virtue uses the following types of data for user analysis:

Type	Description	Variables
Physiological data	Involuntary responses of the human body that cannot be manipulated, such as heart rate, Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), brain activity, blood pressure, and breath. You can use external devices or sensors to detect and collect this data.	Physiological input variables
User motion data	Data related to physical movements, reactions, and behavior. This data reflects user behavior in specific situations. For example, this could include speech (how questions were answered), joystick movement, and more.	User motion input variables
Environmental data	The stimuli that surrounds the user, such as location, time, weather, and more. This data provides the environmental context during user-solution interactions.	Environmental input variables

To define input data types using the Portal, do the following when creating or managing projects:

1. Log in to the Portal.

Logging in to the Portal

1. In the left sidebar, navigate to Projects.

2. Create or edit a project depending on whether you want to define inputs for a new or existing project.

If you are creating a new project, you must first enter the required project details. For detailed information, see Creating a project.

To edit a project, find the project in the table and click Edit in the Actions column.

Editing a project

1. Below the general project details, the Interaction Setups section displays the available data inputs that you can configure for the project. For each operational mode (Diagnostics, User calibration, and Action) in which your project will run, select the types of data that you want to define as data inputs.

Setting up inputs for interactions

For example, for a project, to factor in the heart rate of each user during user calibration (the process that re-affirms the user's previously-established psychological profile and identifies their current psychological state), you can select Heart rate (Principal) in the User Calibration row, in the Physiological column.

If you select a data input, it means that your solution requires it and you have the necessary means and devices to collect the data from the end-user.

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