Deep-Learning-Based Stress-Ratio Prediction Model Using Virtual Reality with Electroencephalography Data

Seung Yeul Ji, Se Yeon Kang and Han Jong Jun
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Seung Yeul Ji: School of Architecture, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
Se Yeon Kang: School of Architecture, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
Han Jong Jun: School of Architecture, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 17, 1-19

Abstract: The Reich Chancellery, built by Albert Speer, was designed with an overwhelming ambience to represent the worldview of Hitler. The interior of the Reich Chancellery comprised high-ceiling and low-ceiling spaces. In this study, the change in a person’s emotions according to the ceiling height while moving was examined through brain wave experiments to understand the stress index for each building space. The Reich Chancellery was recreated through VR, and brain wave data collected per space were processed through a first and second analysis. In the first analysis, beta wave changes related to the stress index were calculated, and the space with the highest fluctuation was analyzed. In the second analysis, the correlation between 10 different types of brain waves and waveforms was analyzed; deep-learning algorithms were used to verify the accuracy and analyze spaces with a high stress index. Subsequently, a deep-learning platform for calculating such a value was developed. The results showed that the change in stress index scores was the highest when entering from the Mosaic Hall (15 m floor height) to the Führerbunker (3 m floor height), which had the largest floor height difference. Accordingly, a stress-ratio prediction model for selecting a space with a high stress level was established by monitoring the architectural space based on brain wave information in a VR space. In the architectural design process, the ratio can be used to reflect user sensibility in the design and improve the efficiency of the design process.

Keywords: electroencephalography; virtual reality; monument architecture; stress; data visualization; deep learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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