Chapter Evaluation of Immersive VR Experiences for Safety Training of Construction Workers: A Semi-Qualitative Approach Proposal

The diffusion of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and advanced visualization technologies in the increasingly digitalised construction sector is fostering the development and implementation of disruptive approaches for workforce Health and Safety (H&S) training. Project-specific risks, safety pro...

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Główni autorzy: Getuli, Vito, Fornasari, Valentina, Bruttini, Alessandro, Sorbi, Tommaso, Capone, Pietro
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author Getuli, Vito
Fornasari, Valentina
Bruttini, Alessandro
Sorbi, Tommaso
Capone, Pietro
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description The diffusion of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and advanced visualization technologies in the increasingly digitalised construction sector is fostering the development and implementation of disruptive approaches for workforce Health and Safety (H&S) training. Project-specific risks, safety procedures and information can be administered through immersive Virtual Reality (VR) experiences where construction site environments and activities are reproduced without exposing the trainees to real hazards. However, despite numerous research and industry applications demonstrating the potential benefits of these technologies, a standardized framework and methodology for the evaluation of VR safety training effectiveness for construction workers is still lacking hence hindering its large scale-adoption and recognition from policymakers. Within the scope of previous authors contributions on the development and implementation of BIM-based VR experiences for construction workers’ safety training, this paper aims to address the evaluation of their effectiveness proposing a novel semi-qualitative approach based on the integration of trainees’ subjective and objective data. A post-experience evaluation questionnaire is developed to collect trainees’ direct and qualitative feedback about the experience immersivity and perceived safety content transfer. Furthermore, the integration with trainees’ spatial tracking data is proposed to complement the qualitative feedback with the quantitative evaluation of their use of the virtual space for safety training purposes. The application of the presented approach in case study is currently undergoing and the related results will be subject of future contributions
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1368142024-05-09T01:02:47Z Chapter Evaluation of Immersive VR Experiences for Safety Training of Construction Workers: A Semi-Qualitative Approach Proposal Getuli, Vito Fornasari, Valentina Bruttini, Alessandro Sorbi, Tommaso Capone, Pietro Virtual Reality (VR) Construction worker Safety training Evaluation Spatial tracking Heatmap visualization Survey thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UT Computer networking and communications::UTV Virtualization The diffusion of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and advanced visualization technologies in the increasingly digitalised construction sector is fostering the development and implementation of disruptive approaches for workforce Health and Safety (H&S) training. Project-specific risks, safety procedures and information can be administered through immersive Virtual Reality (VR) experiences where construction site environments and activities are reproduced without exposing the trainees to real hazards. However, despite numerous research and industry applications demonstrating the potential benefits of these technologies, a standardized framework and methodology for the evaluation of VR safety training effectiveness for construction workers is still lacking hence hindering its large scale-adoption and recognition from policymakers. Within the scope of previous authors contributions on the development and implementation of BIM-based VR experiences for construction workers’ safety training, this paper aims to address the evaluation of their effectiveness proposing a novel semi-qualitative approach based on the integration of trainees’ subjective and objective data. A post-experience evaluation questionnaire is developed to collect trainees’ direct and qualitative feedback about the experience immersivity and perceived safety content transfer. Furthermore, the integration with trainees’ spatial tracking data is proposed to complement the qualitative feedback with the quantitative evaluation of their use of the virtual space for safety training purposes. The application of the presented approach in case study is currently undergoing and the related results will be subject of future contributions 2024-05-09T01:02:44Z 2024-05-09T01:02:44Z 2024-04-02T15:46:42Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20240402_9791221502893_74 2704-5846 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/89105 9791221502893 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/136814 eng Proceedings e report open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/89105/1/9791221502893_27.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0289-3.27 10.36253/979-12-215-0289-3.27 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221502893 10 Florence open access
spellingShingle Virtual Reality (VR)
Construction worker
Safety training
Evaluation
Spatial tracking
Heatmap visualization
Survey
thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UT Computer networking and communications::UTV Virtualization
Getuli, Vito
Fornasari, Valentina
Bruttini, Alessandro
Sorbi, Tommaso
Capone, Pietro
Chapter Evaluation of Immersive VR Experiences for Safety Training of Construction Workers: A Semi-Qualitative Approach Proposal
title Chapter Evaluation of Immersive VR Experiences for Safety Training of Construction Workers: A Semi-Qualitative Approach Proposal
title_full Chapter Evaluation of Immersive VR Experiences for Safety Training of Construction Workers: A Semi-Qualitative Approach Proposal
title_fullStr Chapter Evaluation of Immersive VR Experiences for Safety Training of Construction Workers: A Semi-Qualitative Approach Proposal
title_full_unstemmed Chapter Evaluation of Immersive VR Experiences for Safety Training of Construction Workers: A Semi-Qualitative Approach Proposal
title_short Chapter Evaluation of Immersive VR Experiences for Safety Training of Construction Workers: A Semi-Qualitative Approach Proposal
title_sort chapter evaluation of immersive vr experiences for safety training of construction workers a semi qualitative approach proposal
topic Virtual Reality (VR)
Construction worker
Safety training
Evaluation
Spatial tracking
Heatmap visualization
Survey
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Construction worker
Safety training
Evaluation
Spatial tracking
Heatmap visualization
Survey
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