An investigation into the use of virtual reality technology for passenger infotainment in a vehicular environment

HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Papers: Digital Human Modeling and Ergonomics, Mobility and Intelligent Environments

Khan

et al. 2020

The rapid mobilization of Emergency Services (ES) could be particularly challenging for ES drivers and staff that have to navigate and manoeuvre through various traffic and weather conditions. Driving, in high speeds through dense traffic is a particularly demanding psychomotor task for the ES drivers and could result in collisions and even fatalities. Current attempts to support the driver and reduce the potential driving hazards had limited success. The paper presents the design rationale of a prototype system that utilises Augmented Reality (AR) in the form of a Head-Up Display (HUD) to superimpose guidance information in the real-life environment. The paper will discuss also the requirements for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that could analyse the driving conditions and present the best manoeuvring options whilst maintain the road users' safety. Finally, the paper presents the requirements' framework for the development of the proposed AR/AI system based on the feedback and suggestions of ten ES drivers. Their feedback will be presented and discussed in detail as it provided essential insight into the everyday challenges of ES operations.

Section: Driver Distractionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving Emergency Vehicles’ Response Times with the Use of Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence

Bram-Larbi

HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Papers: Digital Human Modeling and Ergonomics, Mobility and Intelligent Environments

Khan

et al. 2020

“…Thus, maintaining the flow and speed momentum could be a challenge in a real-life, non-deterministic road-traffic. In this case, additional support and provision of information could be employed in a timely manner and with minimal cognitive load requirements to the driver through a combinatory approach of AI / HUD [21,22].…”

Section: High Speed and Manoeuvringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collision Avoidance Head-Up Display: Design Considerations for Emergency Services’ Vehicles

Bram-Larbi

2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE)

Khan

et al. 2020

Emergency Services' (ES) vehicles primary objective is to attend accident or other incident scenes in a fast, safe and efficient manner. Yet this task is becoming increasingly difficult due to the increasing population and the plethora of emergency cases. These factors affect directly the traffic both within the urban and the rural environment, decreasing dramatically the time to arrive at the point of interest. Numerous Head-Down Display (HDD) systems have populated the dashboard area of the ES vehicles in order to tackle this issue, with limited success. To this end, the development of emerging technologies in both computing and telecommunications have enabled modern vehicular systems to assist drivers in their decision-making process. Head-Up Displays (HUD) present a combinatory approach of the aforementioned technologies, which present crucial information to the driver through Augmented Reality (AR) projection. In order to develop a design and development framework for the utilisation of AR and HUD technology, this paper presents the results of 50 drivers investigation related to their activities during immobile or slow-moving traffic which results in driver's distraction and inability to respond to the incoming ES vehicles. In turn, the paper discusses these results and offers an overview of the Human-Machine Interface requirements for a prototype HUD aiming to assist the safety, speed and manoeuvrability of the ES vehicles.

“…The particular HUD system design employs the Augmented Reality (AR) element, which superimposes information related to the external environment to the gaming story [12]. By blending seamlessly, the two, the gaming software, embedded on the system, could adapt to the external environment landmarks and provide the younger population with informative, yet enjoyable gaming experience [3,5,6].…”

Section: System Design Requirementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This paper presents an alternative solution that aims to attract younger passengers' attention for long periods of time, provide them with educational information and enable them to interact with the provided infotainment. This solution is based on an Augmented Reality (AR) Head-Up Display (HUD), which operates on the passenger side windows [2,3]. Notably the AR HUD technology enhances the user immersion and improves user's reaction time whilst offering positive usability experience [4,5].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The proposed system adopts interface design and methodology from our previous Head-Up Display (HUD) interfaces designed for navigation and collision avoidance purposes [6, 7 & 8]. Furthermore, the proposed system evolves from our previous designs and aims to reduce the driver distraction and improve driver's response times and collision avoidance capabilities due to passenger distractions [2,3].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reducing Driver Distraction by Utilizing Augmented Reality Head-Up Display System for Rear Passengers

Wang

2019 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE)

Lagoo

et al. 2019

Long distance travelling and commuting can be particularly tiring for the driver and the rear passengers. The level of driver distraction could be further increased if younger passengers onboard are idle for long time during the drive. This paper presents a novel Augmented Reality (AR) Head-Up Display (HUD) interface that aims to attract rear passengers' attention through assortment of infotainment applications superimposed on the side car-windows. The system additionally offers a bespoke provision of educational value, which provides superimposed data and games available for the different landmarks. The simplified interface enables the use from younger passengers and seniors alike. The proposed system has undergone two main evaluations involving 50 users and 10 families aiming to identify the system usability. The evaluation took place in a full-scale Virtual Reality driving simulator, which tested the drivers/parents' ability to avoid collisions. The evaluation outcome offered an informative appraisal of the systems efficiency and overall positive feedback from the users.