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Immersive virtual reality and environmental noise assessment: An innovative audio-visual approach
Francesco Ruotolo,Luigi Maffei,Maria Di Gabriele,Tina Iachini,Massimiliano Masullo,Gennaro Ruggiero,Vincenzo Paolo Senese +6 more
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In this article, the authors evaluated the audio-visual impact of a projected motorway project on people by means of immersive virtual reality technology and found that noise due to the new infrastructure seems to exert a negative influence on short term verbal memory and to increase both visual and noise annoyance.About:
This article is published in Environmental Impact Assessment Review.The article was published on 2013-07-01. It has received 93 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental noise & Traffic noise.read more
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Body space in social interactions: a comparison of reaching and comfort distance in immersive virtual reality.
TL;DR: Findings reveal that peripersonal reaching and interpersonal comfort spaces share a common motor nature and are sensitive, at different degrees, to social modulation, and social processing seems embodied and grounded in the body acting in space.
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Using Virtual Reality for assessing the role of noise in the audio-visual design of an urban public space
Gemma María Echevarría Sánchez,Timothy Van Renterghem,Kang Sun,Bert De Coensel,Dick Botteldooren +4 more
TL;DR: A statistically significant effect of the sound environment on the overall appreciation was found and instead of increasing noise barrier height, improving the visual design of a lower barrier seems more effective to increase pleasantness.
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Immersive Environments and Virtual Reality: Systematic Review and Advances in Communication, Interaction and Simulation
TL;DR: It is concluded that virtual reality is an ensemble of technological innovations, but also a concept, and models to link it with the latest in other domains such as UX (user experience), interaction design are proposed.
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The effects of audio-visual factors on perceptions of environmental noise barrier performance
Joo Young Hong,Jin Yong Jeon +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the intersensory perceptions of noise barrier performance in terms of the spectral characteristics of noise reduction combined with visual impressions of five different barrier types: aluminum, timber, translucent acrylic, concrete, and vegetated barriers.
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The Effects of Vision-Related Aspects on Noise Perception of Wind Turbines in Quiet Areas
Luigi Maffei,Tina Iachini,Massimiliano Masullo,Francesco Aletta,Francesco Sorrentino,Vincenzo Paolo Senese,Francesco Ruotolo +6 more
TL;DR: By using the Immersive Virtual Reality technique, some visual and acoustical aspects of the impact of a wind farm on a sample of subjects were assessed and analyzed and showed that, regarding the number of wind turbines, the visual component has a weak effect on individual reactions, while the colour influences both visual and auditory individual reaction, although in a different way.
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