Lost in Rotation: Investigating the Effects of Landmarks and Staircases on Orientation G Mastrodonato1, M Bhatt2, C Schultz2 |
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1DICATECh, Technical University of Bari, Italy |
| Myriad studies have investigated fundamental characteristics of spatial cognition in human agents navigating through indoor environments. While translational motion has been investigated extensively, less focus has been on the effect of rotation on pedestrian movement, despite rotation being a major factor in disorientation. The process of rotating a spatial frame of reference is highly cognitively demanding because reorientation requires the user to imagine new possible perspectives and interactions with the world. We are in the early stages of developing a conceptual framework aimed at computationally analyzing the effects of rotation. The framework will provide a foundation for architects to improve their indoor layout designs and to assist users in navigating complex built environments such as public buildings. We are developing our framework based on two case studies that will be used to conduct user experiments. The influence of rotation on orientation will be measured through retrace and pointing tasks. The first case study investigates the relationship between rotations and visible landmarks, as it is known that the presence of landmarks enhances the legibility of the environment. The second case study investigates the effect of stairs through which users undergo a series of rotations in three-dimensional environments. |
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