RT journal article
T1 A Comparative Study of Real and Virtual Environment via Psychological and Physiological Responses
A1 Llinares, Carmen
A1 Higuera Trujillo, Juan Luis
A1 Montañana, Antoni
A2 Ingeniería Mecánica y Diseño Industrial
K1 Attention
K1 Classroom design
K1 Immersive virtual environment
K1 Neuro-architecture
K1 Virtual reality
AB Currently, immersive virtual environments (IVE) are widely used in fields such as architecture and environmental psychology. These simulated environments allow for a detailed evaluation of how different designs impact users’ perception and interaction with the built environment, under controlled conditions and without incurring high costs. The validity of these IVEs is related to their capacity to evoke a participant’s response similar to that of the space they are simulating. This paper presents a validation study of a virtual classroom with two phases: the analysis of the sense of presence in the generated IVE and the comparison of the psychological and neurophysiological response of subjects in the two environments (physical vs. IVE). The psychological response captures cognitive processes via the performance of attention and memory tasks. The physiological response records the subject’s activity monitored via electroencephalogram, electrocardiogram, and electrodermal activity. The results showed that the psychological and physiological responses in both environments (physical vs. IVE) were similar. This may be of interest to architecture researchers and professionals as they validate IVE systems as tools to study the effects of the built environment on users’ cognitive responses.
PB Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
SN 2076-3417
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32763
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32763
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026