A Virtual Reality Environment for Behavioural and Cognitive Experiments in Illumination Science

Emerging research in Illuminations Science points towards inclusion of Human Centric Light (HCL) design in lighting standards. To validate the claim, researchers monitor and analyse cognitive and behavioural response of human brain under different lighting conditions. However, due to complication of setting up an experiment in real environment, use of Virtual Reality (VR) based setups, that are easy to design and handle with, are increasing. Moreover, VR environments offer realistic 3-D immersive experience for users via Head Mounted devices (HMD) and they feature easy data recording facility. This paper talks about one such VR-based environment, replicating a city-road driving experience, that is created using Unity 3-D engine and is validated successfully by users for further immersive experiments.