Driving and Flying Simulators: A Review on Relevant Considerations and Trends

Abstract

Flying and driving simulation has encouraged an enormous and growing community in a wide variety of areas such as research centers, driver or pilot training academies, vehicle-testing facilities, amusement parks, and even at home by household enthusiasts, providing carefully integrated visual and perceptual illusions of driving or flying real vehicles. The global research on this subject is explored during the period 2000 to 2019 from an interdisciplinary perspective based on a systematic methodology, providing both new and experienced researchers with broad guidance toward key aspects for further investigations and developments. Emphasis is given to the analysis of the findings and in particular to their applicability, to an extent not attempted earlier, by considering both human and machine aspects.

EEG-Based Error Detection Can Challenge Human Reaction Time in a VR Navigation Task

“…We concentrate on techniques that provide continuous control of direction, so-called steering-based locomotion techniques, incorporating physical steering props [6,32]. These techniques are common in 3D first-person games [7,32,52], but also when it comes to controlling vehicles that are modulated by the simulation of the vehicle's physical properties [5,62]. Interested readers are referred to Al Zayer and colleagues [76], who provided a survey on virtual locomotion.…”

The Progress and Application of Aerodynamics of the TOL Modes of Flying Vehicle

“…Interest in flying vehicles is rising, notably in the United States, after IT giants like Google and Uber took the lead and expressed interest [3]. After years of exploration, flying vehicles are categorized in different groups based on different characteristics and features [4][5][6]. Flying vehicles can be equipped with numerous operating modes on account of the various types of TOL modes and types of wings available [7,8].…”