Difference Between a Physical Model and a Virtual Environment as Regards Perception of Scale

This paper focuses on differences of spatial reasoning capacity observed by using a physical model and a virtual reality (VR) system, and specifically emphasizes perception of the scale of space. While respondents viewed a physical model and a VR system, a questionnaire was used to objectively evaluate these and establish which was more accurate in conveying object size. As a result, it was acknowledged by the respondents that the physical model performed more accurately and quickly. Subject to further validation, we expect the physical model to offer great utility to develop new digital media in the future.

本文聚焦于使用实体模型和虚拟现实（VR）系统所观察到的空间推理能力的差异，并特别强调对空间尺度的感知。当受访者观察实体模型和VR系统时，通过一份问卷对其进行客观评估，以确定哪一个在传达物体大小方面更准确。结果，受访者认为实体模型的表现更准确且更迅速。经过进一步验证，我们期望实体模型在未来开发新的数字媒体方面具有很大的实用性。