Tsunami Evacuation Behavior Analysis with Walking Platform in Virtual Reality: Focusing on the Guidance Effect of Balloon Type Evacuation Signs

Abstract

In recent years, VR technology has been considered as a method to solve the problems of conventional tsunami evacuation behavior analysis. In this study, tsunami evacuation behavior was observed using a walking type VR. The results of experiments conducted with both the walking device and the hand controller were compared to investigate differences in evacuation completion rates, sickness, sense of realism, and changes in awareness of tsunami evacuation. The results revealed the usefulness of the walking device in analyzing tsunami evacuation behavior, but also revealed some issues.