DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION OF WAY FINDING DECISIONS IN ARCHITECTURAL SPACE(Information Systems Technology)

Abstract

In architecture space, not only each space but the course which connects them has an important meaning. Way finding is the action which chooses this course. It is very important to make comfortable space to investigate human's way finding action in architecture. In these researches, many computer simulation systems which can set up the space according to the study purpose freely are used. However, since many systems are specializing in specific research, they are not for general purpose. In this research, the virtual reality technology based on path selection system WASS (Way finding Active Simulation System) with the wide flexibility was developed.