CISE Research Resources: Instrumentation for a Virtual Environment Laboratory to Study Human Behavior

爱荷华州立大学研究资源：用于研究人类行为的虚拟环境实验室的仪器爱荷华州大学将购买支持多学科研究的设备，以利用虚拟环境作为研究人类行为的媒介。该设备的主要组件包括用于现有沉浸式显示环境的基于PC的实时图像生成系统，以及用于仪表式自行车和轮椅与虚拟环境的接口的硬件。该设备将取代目前使用的过时和不稳定的设备，并极大地改善虚拟环境实验室的计算基础。支持的研究有两个主要推动力：(1)针对改进情景建模技术的计算组件，以满足实验对适应受试者行为的可复制体验的特殊需求；(2)研究儿童在模拟交通中骑自行车行为的实验组件。在虚拟环境中进行的实验将与在真实环境中进行的实验进行比较，以验证模拟器作为研究人类行为的实验室的使用。这项工作融合了高保真模拟、模拟智能体复杂行为控制、人为因素和发展心理学的研究。这项研究将推进虚拟环境技术、实验方法和模拟器验证，并增加对儿童伤害的主要原因的理解。

EIA-0130864 James CremerUniversity of IowaCISE Research Resources: Instrumentation for a Virtual Environment Laboratory to Study Human BehaviorThe University of Iowa will purchase equipment supporting multidisciplinary research on the use of virtual environments as a medium for the study of human behavior. The primary components of the equipment include a PC-based, real-time image generation system for use in the existing immersive display environment, and hardware for instrumented bicycle and wheelchair interfaces to the virtual environment. The equipment will replace outdated and unstable equipment currently in use, and greatly improve the computational foundation of the virtual environments laboratory.The supported research has two primary thrusts: (1) a computational component directed at advancing scenario modeling techniques to meet the special needs of experiments for replicable experiences that adapt to subject behavior and (2) an experimental component investigating children's bicycle riding behavior in simulated traffic. Experiments conducted in virtual environments will be compared with experiments conducted in real environments to validate the use of simulators as laboratories for the study of human behavior. The work integrates research on high-fidelity simulation, control of complex behaviors of simulated agents, human factors, and developmental psychology. This research will advance virtual environment technology, experimental methods, and simulator validation, and increase the understanding of a leading cause of childhood injuries.