Virtual Reality as a Tool for Measuring Spatial Tendencies in Urban Experience

Dumlu, Burcu Nimet

doi:10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.1.365

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“…, 2022; Keshavarzi et al. , 2021; Llorca-Bofi and Vörlander, 2021; Zhang and Zhang, 2021; Dumlu, 2020a, b). Also, it is highlighted that VR has particular advantages with its immersive, interactive, multi-modal, multi-sensory ability to apply real-world features for neuroscience, psychology and cognitive science research (Bohil et al.…”

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The impact of urban graffiti with facial expressions on human behavioral and emotional experiences in a VR environment

Karakas,

Dumlu,

Sarıkaya

et al. 2023

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PurposeThe present study investigates human behavioral and emotional experiences based on human-built environment interaction with a specific interest in urban graffiti displaying fear and pleasure-inducing facial expressions. Regarding human behavioral and emotional experience, two questions are asked for the outcome of human responses and two hypotheses are formulated. H1 is based on the behavioral experience and posits that the urban graffiti displaying fear and pleasure-inducing facial expressions elicit specified behavioral fear and pleasure responses. H2 is based on emotional experience and states that the urban graffiti displaying fear and pleasure-inducing facial expressions elicit specified emotional fear and pleasure responses.Design/methodology/approachThe research design is developed as a multi-method approach, applying a lab-based experimental strategy (N:39). The research equipment includes a mobile electroencephalogram (EEG) and a Virtual Reality (VR) headset. The behavioral and emotional human responses concerning the representational features of urban graffiti are assessed objectively by measuring physiological variables, EEG signals and subjectively by behavioral variables, systematic behavioral observation and self-report variables, Self-assessment Manikin (SAM) questionnaire. Additionally, correlational analyses between behavioral and emotional results are performed.FindingsThe findings of behavioral and emotional evaluations and correlational results show that specialized fear and pleasure response patterns occur due to the affective characteristics of the urban graffiti's representational features, supporting our hypotheses. As a result, the characteristics of behavioral fear and pleasure response and emotional fear and pleasure response are identified.Originality/valueThe present paper contributes to the literature on human-built environment interactions by using physiological, behavioral and self-report measurements as indicators of human behavioral and emotional experiences. Additionally, the literature on urban graffiti is expanded by studying the representational features of urban graffiti as a parameter of investigating human experience in the built environment.

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