Light Cube

Designing a virtual experience to provide a universal alternative for people with limited access and physical constraints.

How?

A Comparative human-subject study conducted in a physical room and simulated equivalent virtual rooms in white, red, and blue lighting colors to investigate design properties such as spatial perception, light color representation, emotional response, and comfort level in VR spaces.

White Light

Red Light

Blue Light

Who?

Twenty-three participants aged 20 to 43 years

What?

Similarities and differences in sensory perception, proving that virtual spaces can evoke emotions akin to those observed in physical settings.

White Light is associated with positive and comforting feelings in all environments

Red Light is associated with anxious and excitement feelings

Blue Light is associated with positive and comforting feelings in all environment

Spatial Diagrams

Cube

Openings

Adjusting Scale

White Cube is associated with positive and comforting feelings in all environments

Red Cube is associated with anxious and excitement feelings

Blue Light is associated with positive and comforting feelings in all environment

Proposed Design Based on the Insights

  • Virtual Exhibitions

  • Virtual Chromatherapy Rooms

  • Collaborations with other media like sound

Future Applications