The potential of applying immersive virtual environment to biophilic building design: A pilot study
The potential of applying immersive virtual environment to biophilic building design: A pilot study
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101481
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发表时间：
2020-11-01
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6.4
通讯作者：
Beck, Melissa
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作者：
Emamjomeh, Asalsadat;Zhu, Yimin;Beck, Melissa
亲生设计是一种受欢迎的可持续建筑设计形式，因为它具有促进人类健康和福祉的潜力。虽然现在许多设计过程都是由沉浸式虚拟环境(IVES)等计算机技术协调进行的，但IVES创造与现场亲生设计相同的好处的可靠性尚未确定。为此，我们在现场实验和IVE实验环境中进行了一项对比研究，以测量参与者的情绪、认知表现和压力水平。现场实验和IVE实验均采用被试内实验设计，实验对象为35名大学生。以正负量表(PANAS)、视觉工作记忆成绩、交感神经系统指数和副交感神经系统指数分别作为测量受试者情绪、认知表现和应激水平的指标。我们发现，在IVES中接触自然元素可以减少负面情绪，其方式与在现场接触自然元素的方式相同。然而，在积极情感、视觉工作记忆和压力水平测试中，我们没有发现同样的结果。实验程序、在现场和IVE环境中暴露在大自然中的时间以及参与者的特征等因素可能会对结果产生影响。未来需要进一步研究这些因素的影响，并制定可靠的实验方案。
Biophilic design is a popular form of sustainable building design because of its potential to contribute to human health and wellbeing. While many design processes are now mediated by computer technologies such as immersive virtual environments (IVEs), the reliability of IVEs to create the same benefits of biophilic designs as in-situ is yet to be determined. To this end, we conducted a comparative study to measure participants' mood, cognitive performance, and stress level in in-situ and IVE experiment settings. A within-subject experimental design with thirty-five college students was applied to both in-situ and IVE experiments. The positive and negative scale (PANAS), visual working memory performance, and the sympathetic nervous system index and parasympathetic nervous system index were used as measures for mood, cognitive performance, and stress level of a participant, respectively. We found that natural element exposure in IVEs reduced negative mood in the same way as natural element exposure in-situ. However, we did not find the same for positive affect, visual working memory, and stress level tests. Factors such as the experimental procedure, exposure time to nature in both in-situ and IVE settings, and characteristics of participants may contribute to the results. Future research is needed to further investigate the impact of such factors and develop reliable experimental protocols.