Multisensory Assessment of Acoustic Comfort Aboard Metros: a Virtual Reality Study

Iachini, Tina; Maffei, Luigi; Ruotolo, Francesco; Senese, Vincenzo Paolo; Ruggiero, Gennaro; Masullo, Massimiliano; Алексеева, Н. А.

doi:10.1002/acp.2856

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“…Overall, it is important to point out that the results of this study are in line with the existing field studies and confirm that the innovative multisensory Immersive Virtual Reality methodology adopted here represents a suitable tool for the Environment Impact Assessment [30,37,38,39,40,41]. The proposed methodology seems to allow the investigation of the potential effects of the introduction of new infrastructure in an existing environment and to define in advance the better project choices that facilitate the preservation of both acoustic and visual quality of the environment [8,9,10,11,12,13].…”

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“…Furthermore, the visual representation has been integrated with auralization systems that are meant to create audible sound files from numerical data, which can be simulated, measured or synthesised, obtaining convincing audio presentations. Maffei et al used the IVR system in different studies [39,40,41]. In a case-study of a new highway [41], it was found that conventional methods to assess noise impact based on noise maps and noise limits did not match even the real response of the population.…”

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Preserving the soundscape and geographic extension of quiet areas is a great challenge against the wide-spreading of environmental noise. The E.U. Environmental Noise Directive underlines the need to preserve quiet areas as a new aim for the management of noise in European countries. At the same time, due to their low population density, rural areas characterized by suitable wind are considered appropriate locations for installing wind farms. However, despite the fact that wind farms are represented as environmentally friendly projects, these plants are often viewed as visual and audible intruders, that spoil the landscape and generate noise. Even though the correlations are still unclear, it is obvious that visual impacts of wind farms could increase due to their size and coherence with respect to the rural/quiet environment. In this paper, by using the Immersive Virtual Reality technique, some visual and acoustical aspects of the impact of a wind farm on a sample of subjects were assessed and analyzed. The subjects were immersed in a virtual scenario that represented a situation of a typical rural outdoor scenario that they experienced at different distances from the wind turbines. The influence of the number and the colour of wind turbines on global, visual and auditory judgment were investigated. The main results showed that, regarding the number of wind turbines, the visual component has a weak effect on individual reactions, while the colour influences both visual and auditory individual reactions, although in a different way.

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“…Acoustic comfort during metro journeys was assessed by [13] using IVR. The authors chose IVR for its ability to recreate similar visual and acoustic contexts while also providing an immersive and interactive experience.…”

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Disseminating Civil Engineering through Virtual Reality: An Immersive Interface

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Abstract-The application of Immersive Virtual Reality (VR) interfaces has shown favourable results for Engineering Education. In fact, VR interfaces provide new practises for improving the transferability of knowledge and communication amongst users. The capacity of current game engines improved by the availability of 3D building models and their components greatly increases the feasibility of 3D scenarios.The present work includes a description of an immersive VR interface developed for prospective Civil Engineering students. An Immersive Virtual Environment (IVE) was developed to display construction elements in a highly visual environment, avoiding the steep learning curve of general modelling software tools. The interface is available online and can be tested using a Head Mounted Display and a VR ready computer. The interface has been developed to disseminate Civil Engineering amongst pre-university students, simultaneously providing new tools to harness students' interest for Information Technology applied to a specific field of study. Keywords-Virtual Reality interfaces, Civil Engineering, Engineering Training, Game Engines Objectives and ideaIn the last few years, the development of Virtual Reality (VR) interfaces has shown promising applications in the scope of Engineering Education. Indeed, the literature contains various examples of VR applications to enhance communication, disseminate information, improve students' lack of experience in real case scenarios, amongst many others. Several authors assert favourable enhancements in the learning experience and knowledge transfer [1][2][3], stating that traditional methodologies may be supported by technological tools such as VR, providing more effective means to motivate students during teaching activities [4].Recent developments in the field of VR in education show promising results when this technology is applied to Engineering Education. In Civil Engineering Education, the established model of lecture-based classes can only allow knowledge to be transferred from lecturer to students, perpetuating a passive learning approach [5]. In this iJOE

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“…Transforming the Self into a Child, by Sánchez-Vives and Slater [72] where adults embodied in child bodies through VR change their perception regarding the size of environments and objects [73]. Other research related focus in approaches such as multisensory assessment [74], innovative audio visual approaches [75], noise perception in immersive environments [76] or multisensory immersive virtual environments [77].…”

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Immersive Environments and Virtual Reality: Systematic Review and Advances in Communication, Interaction and Simulation

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Today, virtual reality and immersive environments are lines of research which can be applied to numerous scientific and educational domains. Immersive digital media needs new approaches regarding its interactive and immersive features, which means the design of new narratives and relationships with users. Additionally, ICT (information and communication theory) evolves through more immersive and interactive scenarios, it being necessary to design and conceive new forms of representing information and improving users' interaction with immersive environments. Virtual reality and technologies associated with the virtuality continuum, such as immersive and digital environments, are emerging media. As a medium, this approach may help to build and represent ideas and concepts, as well as developing new languages. This review analyses the cutting-edge expressive, interactive and representative potential of immersive digital technologies. It also considers future possibilities regarding the evolution of these immersive technologies, such as virtual reality, in coming years, in order to apply them to diverse scientific, artistic or informational and educational domains. We conclude that virtual reality is an ensemble of technological innovations, but also a concept, and propose models to link it with the latest in other domains such as UX (user experience), interaction design. This concept can help researchers and developers to design new experiences and conceive new expressive models that can be applied to a wide range of scientific lines of research and educational dynamics.

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Multisensory Assessment of Acoustic Comfort Aboard Metros: a Virtual Reality Study

Cited by 56 publications

References 59 publications

The Effects of Vision-Related Aspects on Noise Perception of Wind Turbines in Quiet Areas

The Effects of Vision-Related Aspects on Noise Perception of Wind Turbines in Quiet Areas

Disseminating Civil Engineering through Virtual Reality: An Immersive Interface

Immersive Environments and Virtual Reality: Systematic Review and Advances in Communication, Interaction and Simulation

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