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Utrymning och vägval i Virtual Reality

Johansson, Joachim LU and Petersson, Ludvig LU (2013) In LUTVDG/TVBB VBR920 20132
Division of Fire Safety Engineering
Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate whether evacuating people can be directed by using red and green flashing lights. This was investigated by evacuation experiments in two different virtual environments conducted in the Virtual Reality Lab in Lund. The purpose of the first experiment was to examine whether people make the same choice of exits in Virtual Reality as in real evacuation experiments in simple environments with flashing lights. In the secound experiment subjects were faced with three different situations where they could choose between two exits with flashing lights in red or green. In the first experiment 30 subjects participated and the result showed that there was no significant difference between the real and... (More)
The purpose of the study was to investigate whether evacuating people can be directed by using red and green flashing lights. This was investigated by evacuation experiments in two different virtual environments conducted in the Virtual Reality Lab in Lund. The purpose of the first experiment was to examine whether people make the same choice of exits in Virtual Reality as in real evacuation experiments in simple environments with flashing lights. In the secound experiment subjects were faced with three different situations where they could choose between two exits with flashing lights in red or green. In the first experiment 30 subjects participated and the result showed that there was no significant difference between the real and virtual experiment. In the secound experiment 40 subjects participated and the results showed that 35 subjects consistent chose exits with green lights and that the exits with green lights were perceived as the most secure choice. (Less)
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author
Johansson, Joachim LU and Petersson, Ludvig LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Evacuation and choice of exit in Virtual Reality
course
VBR920 20132
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Fire, evacuation, behaviour, exit choice, green and red flashing lights, experiments, Virtual Reality, validation, Unity, CAVE, brand, utrymning, beteende, vägval, gröna och röda blinkande ljussignaler, försök, validering
publication/series
LUTVDG/TVBB
report number
5440
ISSN
1402-3504
language
Swedish
id
4276230
date added to LUP
2014-01-29 12:00:47
date last changed
2014-03-10 10:40:47
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of the study was to investigate whether evacuating people can be directed by using red and green flashing lights. This was investigated by evacuation experiments in two different virtual environments conducted in the Virtual Reality Lab in Lund. The purpose of the first experiment was to examine whether people make the same choice of exits in Virtual Reality as in real evacuation experiments in simple environments with flashing lights. In the secound experiment subjects were faced with three different situations where they could choose between two exits with flashing lights in red or green. In the first experiment 30 subjects participated and the result showed that there was no significant difference between the real and virtual experiment. In the secound experiment 40 subjects participated and the results showed that 35 subjects consistent chose exits with green lights and that the exits with green lights were perceived as the most secure choice.}},
  author       = {{Johansson, Joachim and Petersson, Ludvig}},
  issn         = {{1402-3504}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{LUTVDG/TVBB}},
  title        = {{Utrymning och vägval i Virtual Reality}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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