Immersive walking in a virtual crowd: The effects of the density, speed, and direction of a virtual crowd on human movement behavior

• Published in: Computer animation and virtual worlds Vol. 31; no. 6
• Main Authors: Koilias, Alexandros, Nelson, Michael G., Anagnostopoulos, Christos‐Nikolaos, Mousas, Christos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Density; Deviation; Human motion; human–crowd interaction; Low speed; movement behavior; Parameters; virtual crosswalk; virtual crowd; Virtual environments; virtual reality; Walking; Walkways

We investigated the movement behavior of participants walking within a virtual crowd in an immersive virtual environment. We investigated three different parameters that characterize a moving virtual crowd: density, speed, and direction. An immersive road‐crossing scenario that took place in a virtu...