Potential of Immersive Virtual Reality Models in Studies of Drivers’ Behaviour and Interventions to Improve Road Safety
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The article reports the results of an interdepartmental research project of the Dept. of Construction and Transport and the Dept. of General Psychology of the University of Padova on the use of immersive virtual reality models in the analysis of drivers’ behaviour and the evaluation of interventions to improve road safety.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008