A focus group consisting of six professional interior designers deducted twelve
adjectives via an iterative examination process to carefully select adjectives and color
schemes that best present distinguished color environments suitable for a bedroom
setting. The twelve adjectives selected were cheerful, domestic, elegant, feminine, fresh,
natural, pleasant, robust, simple and appealing, sunny, tranquil, and vivid.
A QuickTime VR environment was developed to represent a bedroom setting. Computer
mediated 3D models were created and rendered in Autodesk 3D Studio Max 9 with
Vray for photorealistic simulation of color and light. They were then converted into
QuickTime VR enabling real-time navigation. The simulation was projected on a large
screen. Participants were asked to browse the simulated space using a joystick that
allowed them to “look around the room”.