Bogacz, M, Hess, S orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-2518, Calastri, C et al. (6 more authors) (2020) Comparison of Cycling Behavior between Keyboard-Controlled and Instrumented Bicycle Experiments in Virtual Reality. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. ISSN 0361-1981
Abstract
The use of virtual reality (VR) in transport research offers the opportunity to collect behavioral data in a controlled dynamic setting. VR settings are useful in the context of hypothetical situations in which real-world data does not exist or in situations which involve risk and safety issues making real-world data collection infeasible. Nevertheless, VR studies can contribute to transport-related research only if the behavior elicited in a virtual environment closely resembles real-world behavior. Importantly, as VR is a relatively new research tool, the best-practice with regards to the experimental design is still to be established. In this paper, we contribute to a better understanding of the implications of the choice of the experimental setup by comparing cycling behavior in VR between two groups of participants in similar immersive scenarios, the first group controlling the maneuvers using a keyboard and the other group riding an instrumented bicycle. We critically compare the speed, acceleration, braking and head movements of the participants in the two experiments. We also collect electroencephalography (EEG) data to compare the alpha wave amplitudes and assess the engagement levels of participants in the two settings. The results demonstrate the ability of VR to elicit behavioral patterns in line with those observed in the real-world and indicate the importance of the experimental design in a VR environment beyond the choice of audio-visual stimuli. The findings will be useful for researchers in designing the experimental setup of VR for behavioral data collection.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © National Academy of Sciences: Transportation Research Board 2020. This is an author produced version of an article published in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Choice Modelling The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Economics and Discrete Choice (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 615596 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2020 10:00 |
Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2020 07:56 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0361198120921850 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:159231 |