Democratizing Mobilities Design Tools Using VR

Ivan David Tovar Siso Siso; Kasper Amstrup  Jensen; Stefan Nordborg Eriksen; Claus Brøndgaard Madsen

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Democratizing Mobilities Design Tools Using VR

Ivan David Tovar Siso Siso^*, Kasper Amstrup Jensen, Stefan Nordborg Eriksen, Claus Brøndgaard Madsen

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In collaboration with Metroselskabet in Copenhagen, Denmark, this project is an exploration of how virtual reality can support urban designers in visualizing crowd flow in Nørreport Metro Station. The aim was to visualize the simulated effects of rearranging the placement of electronic ticket validators. Four elements form the core of the prototype. First, crowd simulation using Unity's NavMesh system, with agents driven by behavior trees. Second, VR technology to support an immersive and interactive experience. Third, a virtual environment based on Nørreport Metro Station. Fourth, a logging system so that data could be extracted from the simulated crowd flow, enabling further analysis by users. The project was evaluated on five participants, consisting of an expert heuristic evaluation along with cybersickness and presence questionnaires. Results showed great promise, and through multiple iterations the project was considered to be sufficient as a design tool for urban metro design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Participative Computing for Sustainable Futures - Adjunct Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2022
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	9 Oct 2022
Pages	1-3
Article number	31
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-9448-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3547522.3547713
Publication status	Published - 9 Oct 2022
Event	NordiCHI'22 - Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: NordiCHI'22 - Denmark, Aarhus Duration: 10 Oct 2022 → 12 Oct 2022 https://conferences.au.dk/nordichi2022

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Conference	NordiCHI'22 - Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Location	Denmark
City	Aarhus
Period	10/10/2022 → 12/10/2022
Internet address	https://conferences.au.dk/nordichi2022

Keywords

Behaviour Trees
Computer Graphics
Crowd Simulation
Interaction Design
Mobilities Design
Real-time Simulations
Virtual Reality

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Siso, IDTS, Jensen, KA, Eriksen, SN & Madsen, CB 2022, Democratizing Mobilities Design Tools Using VR. in Participative Computing for Sustainable Futures - Adjunct Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2022., 31, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1-3, NordiCHI'22 - Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Aarhus, 10/10/2022. https://doi.org/10.1145/3547522.3547713

Democratizing Mobilities Design Tools Using VR. / Siso, Ivan David Tovar Siso; Jensen, Kasper Amstrup ; Eriksen, Stefan Nordborg et al.
Participative Computing for Sustainable Futures - Adjunct Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2022. Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. p. 1-3 31.

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