A Heterogeneous Distributed Virtual Geographic Environment for Crowd Evacuation Experiments

Abstract

Due to their strong immersion and real-time interactivity, helmet-mounted VR devices 13 are becoming increasingly popular. Based on these devices, an immersive virtual geographic 14 environment (VGE) provides a promising method for research into crowd behavior in an 15 emergency. However, the current cheaper helmet-mounted VR devices are not popular enough and