The Digital Emotions Research Project is a Chrome extension developed as part of a research project at the University of Melbourne. The aim of the research is to analyze how people regulate their emotions using digital devices, specifically the Chrome browser, during their work time.

This extension adds an iframe to every page the user visits and prompts them to register their current emotion on the visited webpage. Users are also asked to categorize the page as work, play, or both. Emotions are registered using a self-report tool called EmojiGrid, which consists of a rectangular grid labeled with emojis representing human emotions.

The extension does not automatically sense the user's emotions or collect any physiological data. It relies solely on the user's self-report of data. The user's personal information is not recorded or stored by the plugin, as the domains of the webpages visited are hashed using one-way encryption.

Overall, the Digital Emotions Research Project extension provides a unique opportunity for users to actively participate in research on emotion regulation while using the Chrome browser.