2020 design 360 panorama
Their validity depends on their similarity with the physical environments.
Psychological research into human factors frequently uses simulations to study the relationship between human behaviour and the environment. Results suggest that stereoscopic image presentation is an accurate method to be used when evaluating all nine attributes in the white room and nearly all attributes in the black room. A pragmatic statistical approach (Bland-Altman Approach) for assessing agreement between two methods was used. The participants assessed nine architectural quality attributes on a semantic differential scale. The stimuli were two similar rooms of different achromatic-colored surfaces (white and black) with three different daylight openings in each room. Twenty-six participants evaluated 12 different stimuli, divided in equal parts between real rooms and stereoscopic images. The aim of this article is of a methodological nature, with a main objective of analyzing the usability of stereoscopic image presentation as a research tool to evaluate the daylight impact on the perceived architectural quality of small rooms. This article presents the comparison analysis and results of an experiment designed with two presentation modes: real environments and stereoscopic images. Results are of general interest to researchers using this environmental-simulation tool, and specifically to those focusing on urban design. Analyses indicate they offer similar psychological responses, suggesting that they are an appropriate tool for an exhaustive study of pedestrians' perception of safety. To do this, the psychological responses evoked by 10 physical scenarios were compared to the responses evoked by their 360 panorama simulations.
This was the objective of the study: to study the validity of the 360 panoramas regarding to the specific case of the study of the pedestrians' perception of safety in urban environments. Environmental-simulations based on photographs are often used for its analysis, but 360 panoramas shown by head-mounted displays offer promising possibilities. In this sense, the subjective feeling of insecurity must be taken into account for its emotional and behavioural effect. Therefore, studying their needs and the involved urban design factors is fundamental. In recent years, the number of traffic victims has decreased, but pedestrian mortality remains high. Walking, the most common mode of transport, is a risky activity.