Construction Worker-Drone Safety Training in a 360 Virtual Reality Environment: A Pilot Study

10 pages•Published: May 15, 2022

Jiun-Yao Cheng, Eduardo Lunardini Silva Mendes, Masoud Gheisari and Idris Jeelani

Abstract

Integrating drones into construction sites can introduce new risks to workers who already work in hazardous environments. Consequently, several recent studies have investigated the safety challenges and solutions associated with this technology integration in construction. However, there is a knowledge gap about effectively communicating such safety challenges to construction professionals and students who may work alongside drones on job sites. In this study, a 360-degree virtual reality (VR) environment was created as a training platform to communicate the safety challenges of worker-drone interactions on construction jobsites. This pilot study assesses the learning effectiveness and user experience of the developed 360 VR worker-drone safety training, which provides an immersive device-agnostic learning experience. The result indicates that such 360 VR learning material could significantly increase the safety knowledge of users while delivering an acceptable user experience in most of its assessment criteria. The outcomes of this study will serve as a valuable resource for improving future worker-drone safety training materials.

Keyphrases: 360 virtual reality (vr), construction safety, drones, immersive training, training assessment

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 3, pages 19-28.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/pVDq
	https://doi.org/10.29007/8cjv

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2022:Construction_Worker_Drone_Safety,
  author    = {Jiun-Yao Cheng and Eduardo Lunardini Silva Mendes and Masoud Gheisari and Idris Jeelani},
  title     = {Construction Worker-Drone Safety Training in a 360 Virtual Reality Environment: A Pilot Study},
  booktitle = {ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/pVDq},
  doi       = {10.29007/8cjv},
  pages     = {19-28},
  year      = {2022}}

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