Using Virtual Reality to Identify and Modify Risky Pedestrian Behaviors Amongst Chinese Children

• In Event: International Collaborative EdTech Projects

Short Description

China has a high fatality rate for child pedestrians, which highlights the necessity of implementing effective safety education addressing risky pedestrian behaviors. Through constructing immersive, interactive, and safe environments, Virtual Reality (VR) technology offers advantages in identifying and modifying children’s misunderstanding on traffic rules and risky behaviors. To identify common risky behaviors and investigate possible reasons, this study recruits 79 children from 3 schools to participate in a fully immersive VR-based pedestrian safety education program.

Authors

• Presenter: Tingting Yang, University of Georgia

• Contributor: Heng Luo, Central China Normal University

• Presenter: Ikseon Choi, The University of Georgia

• Contributor: Mingzhang Zuo, Central China Normal University

• Contributor: Sejung Kwon, The University of Georgia