Fire evacuation supported by centralized and decentralized visual guidance systems

H Zhao, A Schwabe, F Schläfli, T Thrash, L Aguilar… - Safety science, 2022 - Elsevier
In the event of fires and other hazards, visual guidance systems that support evacuation are
critical for the safety of individuals. Current visual guidances for evacuations are typically …

[HTML][HTML] Multidimensional evaluation of virtual reality paradigms in clinical neuropsychology: Application of the VR-check framework

S Krohn, J Tromp, EM Quinque, J Belger… - Journal of Medical …, 2020 - jmir.org
Virtual reality (VR) represents a key technology of the 21st century, attracting substantial
interest from a wide range of scientific disciplines. With regard to clinical neuropsychology, a …

[HTML][HTML] The design, experiment, analyse, and reproduce principle for experimentation in virtual reality

J Grübel - Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Conducting experiments in virtual reality (VR) requires a complex setup of hardware,
software, experiment design and implementation, and data collection which is supported by …

[HTML][HTML] The time course of spatial knowledge acquisition for different digital navigation aids

H Zhao, L Frese, C Venzin, D Kaszás… - … Environment and Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
Digital maps on personal devices (eg, phones) are common tools used to aid navigation.
Different types of digital maps can influence spatial knowledge acquisition, and this effect …

[HTML][HTML] Information theoretic model to simulate agent-signage interaction for wayfinding

RK Dubey, T Thrash, M Kapadia, C Hoelscher… - Cognitive …, 2021 - Springer
Signage systems are critical for communicating spatial information during wayfinding among
a plethora of noise in the environment. A proper signage system can improve wayfinding …

PaCS: A Parallel Computation Framework for Field-Based Crowd Simulation

H Zhao, T Guo, W Tong, H Yin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Crowd simulation is a convenient method to evaluate pedestrians' status and their
corresponding management strategies in large public spaces. However, the performance of …

The interaction between map complexity and crowd movement on navigation decisions in virtual reality

H Zhao, T Thrash, A Grossrieder… - Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A carefully designed map can reduce pedestrians' cognitive load during wayfinding and may
be an especially useful navigation aid in crowded public environments. In the present paper …

[HTML][HTML] Experiments as Code and its application to VR studies in human-building interaction

L Aguilar, M Gath-Morad, J Grübel, J Ermatinger… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Experiments as Code (ExaC) is a concept for reproducible, auditable, debuggable,
reusable, & scalable experiments. Experiments are a crucial tool to understand Human …

Experiments as code: A concept for reproducible, auditable, debuggable, reusable, & scalable experiments

L Aguilar, M Gath-Morad, J Grübel, J Ermatinger… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
A common concern in experimental research is the auditability and reproducibility of
experiments. Experiments are usually designed, provisioned, managed, and analyzed by …

Inferring user intent using Bayesian theory of mind in shared avatar-agent virtual environments

S Narang, A Best, D Manocha - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a real-time algorithm to infer the intention of a user's avatar in a virtual
environment shared with multiple human-like agents. Our algorithm applies the Bayesian …