Retracing evacuation strategy: A virtual reality game-based
investigation into the influence of building’s spatial
configuration in an emergency

J 2022

Retracing evacuation strategy: A virtual reality game-based investigation into the influence of building’s spatial configuration in an emergency

SNOPKOVÁ, Dajana, Pavel UGWITZ, Zdeněk STACHOŇ, Jiří HLADÍK, Vojtěch JUŘÍK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Retracing evacuation strategy: A virtual reality game-based investigation into the influence of building’s spatial configuration in an emergency

Authors

SNOPKOVÁ, Dajana (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Pavel UGWITZ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zdeněk STACHOŇ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří HLADÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vojtěch JUŘÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ondřej KVARDA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr KUBÍČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Spatial Cognition & Computation, Taylor & Francis, 2022, 1387-5868

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50101 Psychology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.900

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/22:00124931

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2021.1913497

UT WoS

000646433300001

Keywords in English

indoor evacuation; spacesyntax; isovist; evacuation signage; virtual reality (VR)

Abstract

V originále

During evacuation, individual navigation behavior is often dictated by the legibility of evacuation signs and the environmental setting itself. People tend to follow previously-used and known routes (to retrace) rather than follow evacuation signage. This has proven undesirable, even fatal, in emergencies and such behavior calls for a better understanding of the influencing factors. This contribution consists of a virtual reality experiment in which 72 participants evacuated from a hotel building in which the spatial configurations were altered. The tendency to retrace diminished when the evacuation route led through a wider, straight corridor, suggesting that the building’s spatial configuration has an important influence on retracing and should be more carefully considered in the design of buildings in and agent-based simulations.

Links

MUNI/A/1356/2019, interní kód MU

Name: Výzkum proměn geografických procesů a vztahů v prostoru a čase (Acronym: Progeo)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

SNOPKOVÁ, Dajana, Pavel UGWITZ, Zdeněk STACHOŇ, Jiří HLADÍK, Vojtěch JUŘÍK, Ondřej KVARDA and Petr KUBÍČEK. Retracing evacuation strategy: A virtual reality game-based investigation into the influence of building’s spatial configuration in an emergency. Spatial Cognition & Computation. Taylor & Francis, 2022, vol. 22, 1-2, p. 30-50. ISSN 1387-5868. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2021.1913497.

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SNOPKOVÁ, Dajana, Pavel UGWITZ, Zdeněk STACHOŇ, Jiří HLADÍK, Vojtěch JUŘÍK, Ondřej KVARDA and Petr KUBÍČEK. Retracing evacuation strategy: A virtual reality game-based investigation into the influence of building’s spatial configuration in an emergency. \textit{Spatial Cognition \&{} Computation}. Taylor \&{} Francis, 2022, vol.~22, 1-2, p.~30-50. ISSN~1387-5868. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2021.1913497.

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