Using Extended Range Telepresence to Collect Data on Pedestrian Dynamics

This contribution is an introduction of a new way to collect data of pedestrian dynamics. An extended range telepresence system is used in which an immersed user moves through a virtual environment as a pedestrian, i.e. with standard pedal locomotion instead of a joystick or other conventional input devices. The telepresence system is connected to a pedestrian simulation which produces real time 3D animated output which is presented to the user of the telepresence with a visual device creating actual 3D impression. The simulated pedestrians react to the user of the telepresence as if it were another simulated pedestrian. With this system experiments on the dynamics of pedestrians can be made where not all participants need to be real people, but some -- ideally all except for one -- can be simulated. Data in this way can be collected both generally for pedestrian dynamics but also to calibrate model specific parameters. In this paper three experiments are introduced. However, the focus of the contribution is to give an idea and an overview of the combined telepresence-simulation system as data collection tool. A discussion with the resulting data in focus is presented elsewhere.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Kretz, Tobias
  • Hengst, Stefan
  • Arias, Antonia Perez
  • Friedberger, Simon
  • Hanebeck, Uwe D
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
• Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 9p
• Monograph Title: TRB 91st Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrians; Simulation; Virtual reality
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01366116
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 12-3278
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 27 2012 8:09AM