Virtual Reality for Fire Evacuation Research

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.

• Författare: Max Kinateder; Enrico Ronchi; Daniel Nilsson; Margrethe Kobes; Mathias Müller; Paul Pauli; Andreas Mülberger
• Redaktör: Adam Krasuski; Guillermo Rein
• Avdelning/ar: Avdelningen för Brandteknik
• Publiceringsår: 2014
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 313-321
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems
• Volym: 2
• Fulltext: - 263 kB; Download statistics
• Dokumenttyp: Konferensbidrag
• Förlag: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
• Ämne: Building Technologies
• Nyckelord: 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
• Forskningsgrupp: Evacuation
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 2300-5963