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Review

Immersive Virtual Environment Technology to Supplement Environmental Perception, Preference and Behavior Research: A Review with Applications

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Jordan W. Smith
Center for Geospatial Analytics, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12(9), 11486-11505; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120911486
Submission received: 30 July 2015 / Revised: 6 September 2015 / Accepted: 8 September 2015 / Published: 11 September 2015
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Immersive virtual environment (IVE) technology offers a wide range of potential benefits to research focused on understanding how individuals perceive and respond to built and natural environments. In an effort to broaden awareness and use of IVE technology in perception, preference and behavior research, this review paper describes how IVE technology can be used to complement more traditional methods commonly applied in public health research. The paper also describes a relatively simple workflow for creating and displaying 360° virtual environments of built and natural settings and presents two freely-available and customizable applications that scientists from a variety of disciplines, including public health, can use to advance their research into human preferences, perceptions and behaviors related to built and natural settings.
Keywords: ecological validity; experimental control; virtual reality; experimental research ecological validity; experimental control; virtual reality; experimental research

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Smith, J.W. Immersive Virtual Environment Technology to Supplement Environmental Perception, Preference and Behavior Research: A Review with Applications. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 11486-11505. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120911486

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Smith JW. Immersive Virtual Environment Technology to Supplement Environmental Perception, Preference and Behavior Research: A Review with Applications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2015; 12(9):11486-11505. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120911486

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Smith, Jordan W. 2015. "Immersive Virtual Environment Technology to Supplement Environmental Perception, Preference and Behavior Research: A Review with Applications" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12, no. 9: 11486-11505. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120911486

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Smith, J. W. (2015). Immersive Virtual Environment Technology to Supplement Environmental Perception, Preference and Behavior Research: A Review with Applications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(9), 11486-11505. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120911486

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