Pre-occupancy evaluation of wayfinding signage using immersive virtual reality

IF 3.2 1区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING

Design Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.destud.2025.101330

Derya Karadağ

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Abstract

This study explores how alternative wayfinding signage designs influence user experience within immersive virtual environments during early-stage architectural evaluation. A 3D model of a university building’s ground floor was developed and experienced through head-mounted displays (HMDs) to simulate spatial conditions. Eighteen participants completed structured navigation tasks in two signage settings, followed by post-task surveys and semi-structured interviews. Quantitative data—task completion times and circulation paths—were analysed alongside thematic evaluations of user feedback. Findings reveal that signage design affects spatial perception, navigational efficiency, and user satisfaction. The study shows that early-stage VR testing supports user-informed design decisions, especially for evaluating signage-based spatial strategies and related user experience considerations. VR emerges as a practical tool for integrating user-centred feedback into the pre-occupancy phase of spatial planning.

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本研究探讨了在早期建筑评估阶段，不同的寻路标识设计如何影响沉浸式虚拟环境中的用户体验。通过头戴式显示器（hmd）模拟空间条件，开发并体验了大学建筑底层的3D模型。18名参与者在两种标识设置中完成结构化导航任务，随后进行任务后调查和半结构化访谈。定量数据——任务完成时间和循环路径——与用户反馈的专题评估一起进行了分析。研究结果表明，标识设计影响空间感知、导航效率和用户满意度。研究表明，早期的VR测试支持用户知情的设计决策，特别是评估基于标牌的空间策略和相关的用户体验考虑。VR作为一种实用工具，将以用户为中心的反馈整合到空间规划的入住前阶段。

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来源期刊

Design Studies 工程技术-工程：制造

CiteScore

8.60

自引率

20.00%

发文量

审稿时长

40 days

期刊介绍： Design Studies is a leading international academic journal focused on developing understanding of design processes. It studies design activity across all domains of application, including engineering and product design, architectural and urban design, computer artefacts and systems design. It therefore provides an interdisciplinary forum for the analysis, development and discussion of fundamental aspects of design activity, from cognition and methodology to values and philosophy. Design Studies publishes work that is concerned with the process of designing, and is relevant to a broad audience of researchers, teachers and practitioners. We welcome original, scientific and scholarly research papers reporting studies concerned with the process of designing in all its many fields, or furthering the development and application of new knowledge relating to design process. Papers should be written to be intelligible and pertinent to a wide range of readership across different design domains. To be relevant for this journal, a paper has to offer something that gives new insight into or knowledge about the design process, or assists new development of the processes of designing.