Presence and Navigation: a Comparison Between the Free Exploration of a Real and a Virtual Museum

The validity of environmental simulations resides in their capacity to replicate responses produced in a physical environment. However, no studies validate the similarity of navigation in immersive virtual environments, even though this can radically condition space perception and therefore alter the various evoked responses. The objective of this present paper is to validate environmental simulations using 3D environments and head-mounted display devices, at perception level by means of presence and at behavioural level through navigation. A comparison was developed between the free exploration of an art exhibition in a physical museum and a simulation of the same experience. At perception level, the virtual museum shows a high degree of presence. At navigation level, movement patterns show high similarity, and they present significant differences only at the beginning of the exploration in the percentage of area explored and the time taken to undertake the visits. The results suggest that there is an environmental adaptation effect of about 2 minutes. Subsequently, navigation in physical and virtual museums does not show significant differences. These findings support the use of immersive virtual environments as empirical tools in human behavioural research.

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Javier Marín-Morales

Juan Luis Higuera-Trujillo

Carla de Juan

Carmen Llinares

Jaime Guixeres

Susana Iñarra

Mariano Alcañiz

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Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 1-10

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[1 ] Instituto de Investigación e Innovación en Bioingeniería

València, Spain

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.45

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

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Conference number: 32

Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

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[1] R. M. BañosC. BotellaM. AlcañizV. LiañoB. GuerreroB. Rey 2004 Immersion and Emotion: Their Impact on the Sense of Presence CyberPsychology & Behavior 7 6 734 741 http://doi.org/10.1089/cpb.2004.7.734

[2] M. M. BradleyP. J. Lang 1994 Measuring emotion: The self-assessment manikin and the semantic differential Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 25 1 49 59 http://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7916(94)90063-9

[3] K. ChamilothoriJ. WienoldM. Andersen 2018 Adequacy of Immersive Virtual Reality for the Perception of Daylit Spaces: Comparison of Real and Virtual Environments LEUKOS - Journal of Illuminating Engineering Society of North America 0 0 1 24 http://doi.org/10.1080/ 15502724.2017.1404918

[4] A. HeydarianJ. P. CarneiroD. GerberB. Becerik-GerberT. HayesW. Wood 2015 Immersive virtual environments versus physical built environments: A benchmarking study for building design and user-built environment explorations Automation in Construction 54 116 126 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2015.03.020

[5] J. L. Higuera-TrujilloJ. López-TarruellaM. C. Llinares 2017 Psychological and physiological human responses to simulated and real environments: A comparison between Photographs, 360° Panoramas, and Virtual Reality Applied Ergonomics, In Press http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2017.05.006

[6] K. KimuraJ. F. ReichertA. OlsonO. R. PouyaX. WangZ. MoussaviD. M. Kelly 2017 Orientation in Virtual Reality Does Not Fully Measure Up to the Real-World Scientific Reports 7 1 6 13 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18289-8

[7] K. KroenkeR. L. SpitzerJ. B. W. Williams 2001 The PHQ-9: Validity of a brief depression severity measure Journal of General Internal Medicine 16 9 606 613 http://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016009606.x

[8] S. F. KuligaT. ThrashR. C. DaltonC. Hölscher 2015 Virtual reality as an empirical research tool - Exploring user experience in a real building and a corresponding virtual model Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 54 363 375 http://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2015.09.006

[9] M. Kwartler 2005 Visualization in support of public participation I. BishopE. Lange (Eds.) Visualization in landscape and environmental planning: technology and applications 251 260 London, UK Taylor & Francis

[10] P. J. LangM. M. BradleyB. N. Cuthbert 1997 International Affective Picture System (IAPS): Technical Manual and Affective Ratings NIMH Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention 39 58 http://doi.org/10.1027/0269-8803/a000147

[11] J. Marín-MoralesC. TorrecillaJ. GuixeresC. Llinares 2017 Methodological bases for a new platform for the measurement of human behaviour in virtual environments DYNA 92 1 34 38 http://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.6036/7963

[12] M. MengoniM. GermaniM. Peruzzini 2011 Benchmarking of virtual reality performance in mechanics education International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing 5 2 103 117

[13] T. D. Parsons 2015 Virtual Reality for enhanced ecological validity and experimental control in the clinical, affective and social neurosciences Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 9 660

[14] N. RangarajuM. Terk 2001 Framework for immersive visualization of building analysis data E. BanissiF. KhosrowshahiM. SarfrazA. Ursyn (Eds.) Fifth International Conference on Information Visualisation 37 42 London, UK IEEE

[15] B. RohrmannI. D. Bishop 2002 Subjective responses to computer simulations of urban environments Journal of Environmental Psychology 22 319 331 http://doi.org/10.1006/jevp.2001.0206

[16] M. V. V. Sanchez-VivesM. Slater 2005 From presence to consciousness through Virtual Reality Nature Reviews Neuroscience 6 4 332 339

[17] C. SasG. M. O‟Hare 2003 Presence Equation: An Investigation into Cognitive Factors Underlying Presence Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments 12 5 523 537

[18] J. Steuer 1992 Defining Virtual Reality: dimensions determining telepresence Journal of Communication 42 4 73 93

[19] M. UsohK. ArthurM. C. WhittonR. BastosA. SteedM. SlaterF. P. Brooks 1999 Walking> walking-in-place> flying, in virtual environments W. Waggenspack (Ed.) Proceedings of the 26th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques 359 364 ACM Press/Addison-Wesley Publishing

[20] M. UsohE. CatenaS. ArmanM. Slater 2000 Using Presence Questionnaires in Reality Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments 9 5 497 503 http://doi.org/10.1162/105474600566989

[21] I. J. M. van der HamA. M. E. FaberM. VenselaarM. J. van KreveldM. Löffler 2015 Ecological validity of virtual environments to assess human navigation ability Frontiers in Psychology 6 May 1 6 http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00637

[22] D. YeomJ.-H. ChoiY. Zhu 2017 Investigation of the Physiological Differences between Immersive Virtual Environment and Indoor Enviorment in a Building Indoor Adn Built Enviornment 0 0 Accept. http://doi.org/10.1177/1420326X17731945

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