|Further, much of the database is joypad controlled UIs
Scientific software requires exploring data, one could imagine many interfaces where joypads, VRs controllers, etc. could be useful and more intuitive ways to do this exploration.
It melted our fellow scientist's minds, without exception they were floored by the potential, and this a complete hack. https://github.com/bioip/vronto
Most of them don’t do much user testing, and the ones that do seem to use user testing just to provide support for their preexisting ideas.
Real UX experts, and real rigorous UX design methods exist because I’ve taken classes in grad school that teach them. But it’s basically impossible to find people who know how to do that in the sea of graphic designers calling themselves UX experts.