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Safety decisions made by construction workers on-site directly affect the rate of accidents and injuries. Virtual Reality safety simulators have been created for training workers in site safety. This paper examines the effect that sound has on the realism of virtual reality simulators and the effect that virtual reality training has on subsequent behavior in the physical world. A Virtual Reality environment was built for the tests. Tests involved maneuvering a wheelbarrow around a construction site. Safe and unsafe routes were available. Participants were divided into two groups, those with background sounds in their simulation and those without. A physical environment was built to investigate if use of the virtual reality environment resulted in behavior changes. Participants also completed questionnaires after the tests to discover why participants acted the way they did. The paper is unique in testing users with and without sound in a construction safety simulator. Preliminary study results show that people are likely to perceive more risks when there is no background sound which results in fewer accidents. Results of the paper are useful for those creating virtual reality simulators. Limitations of the research are that it applies to a very specific problem and results need to be generalized over a larger set of problems. Future research is also required to determine what sound range (in terms of decibels) is best for virtual reality

How Sounds Influence People's Safety Decision ----Human Interaction with a Virtual Reality Simulator