Biocomms Lab

The BioComms Lab is a student-run lab that has assisted professionals in communication research since 2004. The Lab conducts academic and professional research in skin cancer, package design, user interface, and a variety of client-based research projects where understanding and maximizing communication is key. In 2014, the BioComms Lab grew to a full biometrics suite equipped with facial recognition, galvanic skin response (GSR), and electroencephalogram (EEG) capabilities. Since then, the Lab has continued to develop and in 2018 the BioComms Lab expanded to include a virtual reality (VR) system with integrated eye tracking capabilities and a living room tracking environment. Multiple participants can be tracked at a time in the living room environment, which is useful for conducting research in dyadic viewing situations like video gaming and tv/movie watching, among others. Today, the BioComms Lab is a fully functioning biometrics lab with facial recognition, ultraviolet (UV) photography, GSR, EEG, VR, and eye-tracking in a lab-based and living room environment.