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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlumert-Kearney presentationVIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AS LABORATORIES FOR STUDYING HUMAN BEHAVIOR Jodie M. Plumert Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Joseph K. Kearney Department of Computer Science The University of Iowa https://Dsychology.uiowa.edu/hank-virtual-environments-lab THE HANK VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS LAB Creating realistic, immersive virtual environments that allow full-body movement ,f 74W A:A6 Studying human behavior using virtual environments How do child pedestrians and cyclists cross roads with traffic? How do texting pedestrians cross traffic -filled roads? How do peers influence risky road crossing? CHILD PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST INJURIES Statistics 8,000 child pedestrians and 5,000 child bicyclists injured in collisions with motor vehicles each year Motor vehicles are involved in 33% of all bicycle -related brain injuries and in 90% of all fatalities About a third of fatal bicycling crashes occur at intersections 75% of pedestrian fatalities happen at night ■ Prevention Need to understand why these collisions occur Using virtual environments to better understand risk factors for collisions with vehicles THE BICYCLING SIMULATOR 6k THE PEDESTRIAN SIMULATOR Fl ii CROSSING TWO LANES OF OPPOSING TRAFFIC 11 ,Is CHILD CROSSING THE ROAD .MW -IWmw4w. - , DELAYING ENTRY INTO THE ROADWAY SENDING WARNINGS TO TEXTING PEDESTRIANS' CELL PHONES il� 91 CAPTURING PARENT-CHILD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SAFETY IN VIVO it CHILDREN CROSSING ROADS WITH FRIENDS CROSSING ROADS AT NIGHT BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND RIGHT -HOOK CRASHES TAKEAWAYS FROM OUR RESEARCH Crossing roads with continuous traffic (traffic that does not stop) Child pedestrians do not show mature road -crossing skills until age 12. Child bicyclists do not show mature road -crossing skills until after age 14, especially when crossing 2 -way traffic Pedestrians and bicyclists hate to wait, and will accept much riskier gaps when the traffic is dense Vehicle -to -pedestrian (V2P) technology Sending warnings to texting pedestrians' cell phones increases safety, but they become less situationally aware Making cell phone warning systems work for mobility impaired 10 Deluxe Cakes 8 Pastries ❑ T Sheridan Ave q�p qr ❑' $_Cr F St ge St n a o Creekside Park 2� N .. Jackson Ave F Y aLF w E2 s 3 Kirkwood Ave a 0 Church of Christ `+r p 350 Kirkwood Ave Kirkwood Ave c sl use R � r Kirkwood School Co N sr x rlarence 5> For Children �Prti u 4 a GS a b 9 G+nler Are W Ginter Ave Ginler gve�dr `9 pa MidAmerman Energy st Kirkwood V. Community Fnendry Ave r n endiy Ave College: Iowa City Campus n � P ti Oi f 3 N Y a a Oral-B Laboratories 4 {Tj ry ro Cottanwood Ave 4 fn y Cottonwood Ave Mareat Ave �& Petland Iowa City v d oerorest Ave a Mark twain �►y McDonald's Lenoch are 4 Euclid Ave o Ace Hardware a� Elementary School'/ P THANKS TO The Hank Virtual Environments Lab Eunice Kennedy Shaver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ill S ill