Appl Ergon. 2013 Jul;44(4):618-27. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.12.002. Epub 2013 Jan 23.
Understanding the influence of external information at a lower level of awareness during the processes of route selection could be a key factor to predict user's movements within complex buildings, avoiding wayfinding problems and improving egress in emergency situations. This study aims to verify whether corridor intersection configuration attributes, such as width and brightness, act as factors of attraction to improve the affordance of indoor hallways during an emergency egress situation, using a VR-based methodology. The main hypotheses are that users tend to move along either, wider or brighter corridors. Thirty volunteers participated in this study, moving along 57 different corridors, according to the experimental conditions of the study. The results suggest that people prefer to follow brighter pathways in "T-type" and "F-type" intersections, and wider corridors in "T-type" intersections. In situations where these variables are in conflict, there is a preference for brighter paths in both intersection configurations.
理解在路线选择过程中较低意识水平下外部信息的影响，可能是预测用户在复杂建筑物内移动的关键因素，有助于避免寻路问题并改善紧急情况下的疏散。本研究旨在使用基于 VR 的方法验证走廊交叉口配置属性（如宽度和亮度）是否作为吸引力因素，以在紧急疏散情况下改善室内走廊的可及性。主要假设是用户倾向于沿着更宽或更亮的走廊移动。30 名志愿者根据研究的实验条件，沿着 57 条不同的走廊进行了移动。结果表明，在“T 型”和“F 型”交叉口，人们更喜欢沿着更亮的路径走，而在“T 型”交叉口则更喜欢更宽的走廊。在这些变量相互冲突的情况下，人们更倾向于选择在两种交叉口配置下更亮的路径。
