Presentation
Investigating the Impacts of Different Warning Modalities on Individual’s Risk Perception and Response Behaviors Through a Virtual Reality (VR) Experiment
DescriptionNatural disaster early warning systems have been instituted to encourage protective action and have been improved and restructured over the last four decades. However, existing natural disaster warning information is abstract, insufficient, and ineffective because they are generalized and not immersive. People cannot relate to the intensity and urgency that is needed to induce protective behavior. Therefore, this proposed study aims to introduce a VR-based risk communication system for tornadoes and investigate how different modalities of warning messages – specifically haptics, text, and audio affect an individual’s risk perception and response behaviors. Our research results found that static text and audio warning messages had a reduced risk perception, tornado expectation, and shelter intention after experiencing the tornado events, and the embodied experience generated by the haptic warning could help the participants maintain a higher risk perception compared to other warning modalities.
Event Type
Lecture
TimeTuesday, September 10th9:45am - 10:05am MST
LocationFLW Salon J
Extended Reality