The influence of virtual environment on thermal perception: physical reaction and subjective thermal perception on outdoor scenarios in virtual reality

Wu, Chunya; Cui, Jinyuan; Xu, Xiaogang; Song, Dexuan

doi:10.1007/s00484-023-02495-3

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“…During the experiment, changes in HRV can be monitored in real time and using the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) calculated through environmental data collected through models. With VR ensuring relative independence of thermal and other sensory stimuli in the experiment, and besides controlling changes in thermal factors [63], it is also necessary to control visual, auditory, and other factors affecting heart rate [64]. Both outdoor and indoor experiments were conducted in quiet conditions, with wind speeds of 2.56 m/s and 1.36 m/s, respectively.…”

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Virtual Reality-Based Digital Landscape Experience and Climate Change Monitoring: Evidence from Human Thermal Comfort

Lin,

Wang,

Yuan

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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With the frequent occurrence of extreme weather in various parts of the world, people have begun to reflect on the scientific rationality of the means of global climate change governance. How to effectively respond to the hazards caused by extreme weather remains a hot issue of concern to the international community. In this paper, taking the function of plant carbon sequestration and oxygen release, which can regulate human thermal comfort as an entry point, we use virtual reality (VR) to construct a digital scene and invite subjects to conduct behavioral experiments in order to assess human thermal comfort. The experimental results indicate that participants’ subjective evaluations of virtual and real environments are consistent with changes in heart rate variability (HRV), validating the reliability of using virtual environments to study thermal perception. The study also found a significant correlation between HRV and the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) index, which both measure human thermal comfort. This suggests that when the WBGT changes due to microclimate variations, HRV changes accordingly. The negative correlation between plant carbon sequestration oxygen release capacity and HRV further supports this view. It also indicates that human thermal comfort can provide feedback on microclimate change trends, and that accurate monitoring of the microclimate is more conducive to assessing the progress of climate warming. This study demonstrates the association between human comfort and microclimate change, discusses the validity of human thermal comfort metrics in climate monitoring, and provides new perspectives for solving the global climate crisis.

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Section: Hrv Model Constructionmentioning

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Virtual Reality-Based Digital Landscape Experience and Climate Change Monitoring: Evidence from Human Thermal Comfort

Lin,

Wang,

Yuan

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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“…Advancements in technology have introduced a variety of new data sources, such as location-based services (LBSs), point-of-interest (PoI) data, and street view imagery. The use of various types of new data can more comprehensively characterize the performance and perception of spatial backgrounds, making it possible to measure subjective feelings at a human scale that were previously difficult to quantify [31,32]. Zhang et al [33] utilized PoI data and segmentation methods to address individuals' perceptions of living convenience across different cognitive scales.…”

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Enhancing Urban Living Convenience through Plot Patterns: A Quantitative Morphological Study

Chen,

Guo,

Liu

et al. 2024

Buildings

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Living convenience in public service facilities has attracted significant attention as a crucial indicator of urban development and quality improvement. However, the performance of plot patterns—a fundamental unit for precise control when measuring urban quality—influencing living convenience requires in-depth exploration. This study integrates multiple urban datasets with quantitative urban morphology methods to investigate the impact of various plot pattern features on living convenience. Specifically, we investigate the Inner Ring area of Shanghai as an empirical case. The assessment considers the diverse effects of facilities at different distances, accounting for the life radiuses of both older individuals and the general population. Additionally, the analysis of plot patterns includes planar and three-dimensional aspects, controlling key variables such as road network accessibility and centrality. The results indicate that, for small-scale plots, shape has a strong impact, while, for large-scale plots, the division and construction intensity within a block has a stronger influence. Furthermore, plots of different area types have different recommended construction intensities. Notably, for large-scale blocks, it is advisable to maintain a building density of around 0.3. In short, this study contributes to human-centered planning by providing targeted recommendations to address the existing deficiencies in plot morphology regulation and control from the perspective of quantitative urban morphology.

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“…However, rapid expansion has also led to issues such as pollution, which pose a significant threat to residents' well-being. The rapid urbanization process, particularly in developing countries, has led to the severe deterioration of the built environment [1,2], which poses a significant challenge to improving residents' well-being [3,4]. Approximately one billion people live in communities that often lack essential services such as clean water, sanitation, and adequate housing, further exacerbating the residents' well-being crisis.…”

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“…This study aims to answer the following research questions: (1) What are the characteristics of subjective well-being and the corresponding residents in different communities? (2) What is consistent and different for subjective well-being and the built environment assessment among the residents? (3) What factors influence residents' subjective well-being in different communities?…”

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The Influencing Mechanism of the Communities’ Built Environment on Residents’ Subjective Well-Being: A Case Study of Beijing

Lin,

Fu,

Zhong

et al. 2024

Land

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There is a consensus toward quantitative environmental design in the information age, but the content and specific practices of its quantification have yet to be systematically studied. To enhance residents’ subjective well-being through environmental design, this study includes 847 valid questionnaires across four types of communities and identifies different types of resident groups using correspondence analysis. Then, this study compares the differences in the built environment and subjective well-being using one-way ANOVA and analyzes their impact via regression analysis. The results indicate that residents in old communities have the highest subjective well-being (3.93/5) and built environment assessments, and residents in policy housing communities have the lowest subjective well-being (3.37/5) and built environment assessments. A resident’s subjective well-being is more influenced by two types of built environment factors: architecture and landscape and the human–land relationship. Age, education level, public place usage, and the community’s overall evaluation also significantly affect residents’ subjective well-being. In the information age, quantitative design is the inevitable direction of future design. Through quantitative research, targeted design strategies can be proposed to serve community residents better in their communities and provide references for communities in other developing countries.

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The influence of virtual environment on thermal perception: physical reaction and subjective thermal perception on outdoor scenarios in virtual reality

Cited by 6 publications

References 37 publications

Virtual Reality-Based Digital Landscape Experience and Climate Change Monitoring: Evidence from Human Thermal Comfort

Virtual Reality-Based Digital Landscape Experience and Climate Change Monitoring: Evidence from Human Thermal Comfort

Enhancing Urban Living Convenience through Plot Patterns: A Quantitative Morphological Study

The Influencing Mechanism of the Communities’ Built Environment on Residents’ Subjective Well-Being: A Case Study of Beijing

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