The Need for Enhancing Earthquake Evacuee Safety by Using Virtual Reality Serious Games

Lovreglio, Ruggiero; González, Vicente A.; Amor, Robert; Spearpoint, Michael; Thomas, Jared; Trotter, Margaret; Sacks, Rafael

doi:10.24928/jc3-2017/0058

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“…One explanation is that previous studies in this field vary greatly in the outcome measures that are used. Many of the previous studies that investigate the value of immersive VR safety training only assess trainee reactions (e.g., Feng et al, ; Lovreglio et al, ; Mól et al, ; Zaalberg & Midden, 2013). Others studies in VR safety assess learning criteria with MC questions (Mühlberger et al, ) or orally (Buttussi & Chittaro, ; Chittaro & Buttussi, ).…”

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“…The list of fields and studies that have investigated the use of VR in safety training is rapidly increasing. For instance, VR has been used in training of aviation safety (e.g., Buttussi & Chittaro, ; Chittaro & Buttussi, ), fire safety (e.g., Backlund, Engstrom, Hammar, Johannesson, & Lebram, ; Gamberini, Cottone, Spagnolli, Varotto, & Mantovani, ), pedestrian safety (e.g., Schwebel, Gaines, & Severson, ), traffic safety (e.g., Backlund, Engstrom, Johannesson, & Lebram, ), emergency evacuation of buildings (e.g., Feng et al, ; Li, Liang, Quigley, Zhao, & Yu, ; Lovreglio et al, ; Mól, Jorge, & Couto, ), recognition of risks in work environments (e.g., Jorge et al, ), safety behaviour related to construction sites (Sacks, Perlman, & Barak, ), flooding (Zaalberg & Midden, ), individual behaviour in tunnel accidents (Kinateder et al, , ; Mühlberger et al, ), and general safety training (Leder, Horlitz, Puschmann, Wittstock, & Schutz, ). In this study, we are particularly interested in comparing the motivational and learning outcomes of administering a university laboratory safety‐training course using ether a text‐based safety manual, a desktop VR simulation, or an immersive VR simulation.…”

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“…An analysis of previous studies that have investigated the value of immersive VR technology in safety training shows that many studies either use self‐report measures or simply provide a conceptual framework for using VR in safety training (e.g., Feng et al, ; Lovreglio et al, ; Mól et al, ; Zaalberg & Midden, 2013). These studies provide useful initial contributions given the limited number of studies that have investigated VR training in the respective fields; however, they do not go beyond Level 1 (reactions criteria) in Kirkpatrick's () model.…”

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The main objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of immersive virtual reality (VR) as a medium for delivering laboratory safety training. We specifically compare an immersive VR simulation, a desktop VR simulation, and a conventional safety manual. The sample included 105 first year undergraduate engineering students (56 females). We include five types of learning outcomes including post‐test enjoyment ratings; pre‐ to post‐test changes in intrinsic motivation and self‐efficacy; a post‐test multiple choice retention test; and two behavioral transfer tests. Results indicated that the groups did not differ on the immediate retention test, suggesting that all three media were equivalent in conveying the basic knowledge. However, significant differences were observed favoring the immersive VR group compared to the text group on the two transfer tests involving the solving problems in a physical lab setting (d = 0.54, d = 0.57), as well as enjoyment (d = 1.44) and increases in intrinsic motivation (d = 0.69) and self‐efficacy (d = 0.60). The desktop VR group scored significantly higher than the text group on one transfer test (d = 0.63) but not the other (d= 0.11), as well as enjoyment (d =1.11) and intrinsic motivation (d =0.83).

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“…In turn, there is another technology that can promote the engaging capabilities of SGs namely Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR). IVR allows participants to be fully immersed in virtual environments that can provide greater engagement and perception than videos, textbased papers or 2D games (Gao, Gonzalez, & Yiu, 2017;Lovreglio, Gonzalez, Amor, Spearpoint, Thomas, Trotter et al, 2017). The combination of IVR and SGs encourages participants to retain knowledge longer than traditional approaches due to the fact that they benefit from full engagement, and high emotional and physiological arousal (Chittaro & Buttussi, 2015).…”

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Immersive virtual reality serious games for evacuation training and research: A systematic literature review

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An appropriate and safe behavior for exiting a facility is key to reducing injuries and increasing survival when facing an emergency evacuation in a building. Knowledge on the best evacuation practice is commonly delivered by traditional training approaches such as videos, posters, or evacuation drills, but they may become ineffective in terms of knowledge acquisition and retention. Serious games (SGs) are an innovative approach devoted to training and educating people in a gaming environment. Recently, increasing attention has been paid to immersive virtual reality (IVR)-based SGs for evacuation knowledge delivery and behavior assessment because they are highly engaging and promote greater cognitive learning.This paper aims to understand the development and implementation of IVR SGs in the context of building evacuation training and research, applied to various indoor emergencies such as fire and earthquake. Thus, a conceptual framework for effective design and implementation through the systematic literature review method was developed. As a result, this framework integrates critical aspects and provides connections between them, including pedagogical and behavioral impacts, gaming environment development, and outcome and participation experience measures.

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“…In the game industry, in order to improve game design and enhance the gaming experience, data mining and visualization have been used to analyze users' spatiotemporal behaviors in massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) [10][11][12]. In education and training, virtual reality simulators are used to train users' skills and enhance learning effectiveness relating to flight [13], driving [14], fire escape [15], and earthquake evacuation [16]. In the field of urban design and planning, the impact of the urban environment upon pedestrian decision-making behavior [17], pre-occupancy assessment [18], and guidance layout [19] also need the support of observational data about users' spatiotemporal behaviors, which could be easily acquired in the virtual environment.…”

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A Heterogeneous Distributed Virtual Geographic Environment—Potential Application in Spatiotemporal Behavior Experiments

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Due to their strong immersion and real-time interactivity, helmet-mounted virtual reality (VR) devices are becoming increasingly popular. Based on these devices, an immersive virtual geographic environment (VGE) provides a promising method for research into crowd behavior in an emergency. However, the current cheaper helmet-mounted VR devices are not popular enough, and will continue to coexist with personal computer (PC)-based systems for a long time. Therefore, a heterogeneous distributed virtual geographic environment (HDVGE) could be a feasible solution to the heterogeneous problems caused by various types of clients, and support the implementation of spatiotemporal crowd behavior experiments with large numbers of concurrent participants. In this study, we developed an HDVGE framework, and put forward a set of design principles to define the similarities between the real world and the VGE. We discussed the HDVGE architecture, and proposed an abstract interaction layer, a protocol-based interaction algorithm, and an adjusted dead reckoning algorithm to solve the heterogeneous distributed problems. We then implemented an HDVGE prototype system focusing on subway fire evacuation experiments. Two types of clients are considered in the system: PC, and all-in-one VR. Finally, we evaluated the performances of the prototype system and the key algorithms. The results showed that in a low-latency local area network (LAN) environment, the prototype system can smoothly support 90 concurrent users consisting of PC and all-in-one VR clients. HDVGE provides a feasible solution for studying not only spatiotemporal crowd behaviors in normal conditions, but also evacuation behaviors in emergency conditions such as fires and earthquakes. HDVGE could also serve as a new means of obtaining observational data about individual and group behavior in support of human geography research.

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The Need for Enhancing Earthquake Evacuee Safety by Using Virtual Reality Serious Games

Cited by 40 publications

References 18 publications

Motivational and cognitive benefits of training in immersive virtual reality based on multiple assessments

Motivational and cognitive benefits of training in immersive virtual reality based on multiple assessments

Immersive virtual reality serious games for evacuation training and research: A systematic literature review

A Heterogeneous Distributed Virtual Geographic Environment—Potential Application in Spatiotemporal Behavior Experiments

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