A Pedestrian Movement Model for 3D Visualization in a Driving Simulation Environment

In this paper a pedestrian model is introduced that builds on the Social Force Model and enhances it with various features. The main goal of this model is to produce more natural looking pedestrian movements in 3D-visualizations. This model aims to generate more realistic trajectories in situations where pedestrians evade each other, for example on narrow sidewalks. Unlike the Social Force Model, it takes the current velocity and walking direction of surrounding pedestrians into account. Additionally, this model lets pedestrians react on approaching opponents sooner and reduces unnatural body rotations. Through the above mentioned features, collisions of pedestrians are reduced, as well.