The impact of urban visibility on movement patterns in cities is studied using an immersive virtual reality system.

We present an experiment in which individuals are exposed to visual stimuli and their route decisions are recorded.

To evaluate the effect of visibility, we use innovative visibility scores to represent the urban environment.

The selected routes in VR are compared with all possible routes, generated by computational random walk simulations.

Statistical analysis suggests that pedestrian navigation choices are influenced by the specific visibility attributes.

Our results highlight the potential of the VR laboratory as a research environment for complex urban situations.