Research on the Relationship between Awareness and Heart Rate Changes in the Experience of Safety Education Materials Using VR Technology

The response of subjects having experienced VR content for safety education was confirmed by their heart rate. Ten male subjects with work experience in construction and ten without such experience used VR content for safety education. The subjects were allowed to walk through scaffolding which was defective in five facilities in that content. Their heart rates were measured, both at rest and during the experience, whereupon they were interviewed about their awareness during said experience. Following this experiment, it was suggested that there were some VR content for safety education to which subjects with work experience reacted only.