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Virtual Reality for Fire Evacuation Research

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Author

  • Max Kinateder
  • Enrico Ronchi
  • Daniel Nilsson
  • Margrethe Kobes
  • Mathias Müller
  • Paul Pauli
  • Andreas Mülberger

Editor

  • Adam Krasuski
  • Guillermo Rein

Summary, in English

Virtual reality (VR) has become a popular approach to study human behavior in fire. The present position paper analyses Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) of VR as a research tool for human behavior in fire. Virtual environments provide a maximum of experimental control, are easy to replicate, have relatively high ecological validity, and allow safe study of occupant behavior in scenarios that otherwise would be too dangerous. Lower ecological validity compared to field studies, ergonomic aspects, and technical limitations are the main weaknesses of the method. Increasingly realistic simulations and other technological advances provide new opportunities for this relatively young method. In this position paper, we argue that VR is a promising complementary laboratory tool in the quest to understand human behavior in fire and to improve fire safety.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

313-321

Publication/Series

Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems

Volume

2

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Topic

  • Building Technologies

Keywords

  • Virtual Reality
  • Fire evacuation
  • SWOT analysis

Conference name

Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems. 1st Complex Events and Information Modelling (CEIM'14)

Conference date

2014-09-07

Status

Published

Research group

  • Evacuation

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2300-5963