Investigating the influence of route turning angle on compliance behaviors and evacuation performance in a virtual-reality-based experiment

A sequence analysis of behaviors in immersive virtual reality for indoor earthquake and post-earthquake evacuation

“…This finding is in line with prior studies that suggested the importance of emergency broadcasts to guide evacuation behaviors. Ming et al [37] examined the impacts of route turning angles on behavioral compliance. Results suggest that route turning angles can alter behavioral compliance with emergency signage.…”

“…However, IVR still faces a few challenges, such as motion sickness, vision requirements, control differences, and limited multi-user interaction [35]. Acknowledging its discrepancies with the real world, IVR can be a complementary tool to field experiments instead of a replacement [37].…”

Research on Spatial Information Transmission Efficiency and Capability of Safe Evacuation Signs

“…The more the safety evacuation signs attract the attention of evacuees, the more timely and effective people can obtain the space direction information indicated by them, choose the correct evacuation route, and reduce the evacuation time. Most previous studies on safe evacuation signs only use fire drills [54][55] or simulation experiments [39][56] [57] . Although fire drills can restore evacuation scenarios to a greater extent, data collection is more difficult.…”

Performing Immersive Virtual Environment User Studies with VREVAL

“…The following user study examines the wayfinding behavior and route choice preferences of participants within four train station building design alternatives. Wayfinding analysis is a popular application of IVE-based studies, with previous research focusing on evacuation behavior (Lin et al 2020, Zhang et al 2021, Irshad et al 2021. However, due to the difficulties of designing and administering IVE-based user studies, almost no research has been done on the integration of these studies into the design process.…”