The Nocturnity Scale: Measuring the Sense of Being at Night in Virtual Urban Environments
Abstract
Nighttime environments are increasingly used in virtual urban studies, yet darkness alone does not fully recreate the subjective sense of being at night. This work introduces nocturnity as the feeling of being at night elicited by a scene and proposes a theory-driven framework structured into perceptual, activity, and inner-state subscales. A first 42-item questionnaire provides an operational basis for comparing virtual urban scenes according to their perceived nocturnity.
Anthony Le Gourriérec
CIFRE PhD Student
Etienne Peillard
Associate Professor
My research focuses on perception and embodied interaction in Virtual and Augmented Reality, including augmented affordances, body perception, and human-system cooperation in immersive environments.
Nicolas Houel
Urban-lighting and nocturnal-ambiance specialist
Industrial collaborator on urban lighting and nocturnal ambiances.
Myriam Servières
Researcher in Virtual Urban Environments
Researcher working on perception and experience in virtual urban environments.