Turning the shelves: empirical findings and space syntax analyses of two virtual supermarket variations

Kalff, Christopher, Kühner, David, Senk, Martin, Dalton, Ruth and Hoelscher, Christoph (2010) Turning the shelves: empirical findings and space syntax analyses of two virtual supermarket variations. In: Spatial Cognition 2010, 15-19 August 2010, Mt. Hood, Oregon.

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Abstract

The spatial structure of a virtual supermarket was systematically varied to investigate human behavior and cognitive processes in unusual building configurations. The study builds upon experiments in a regular supermarket, which serve as a baseline case. In a between-participant design a total of 41 participants completed a search task in two different virtual supermarket environments. For 21 participants the supermarket shelves were turned towards them at a 45° angle when entering the store, giving high visual access to product categories and products. For 20 participants the shelves were placed in exactly the opposite direction obstructing a quick development of shopping goods dependencies. The obtained differences in search performance between the two conditions are analyzed using space syntax analyses and comparisons made of environmental features and participants’ actual search path trajectories.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Spatial Cognition, Space Syntax, Virtual Reality, Obliqueness
Subjects: K100 Architecture
K200 Building
K900 Others in Architecture, Building and Planning
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Architecture and Built Environment
Depositing User: Ellen Cole
Date Deposited: 18 Oct 2011 09:28
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 02:52
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/3868

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