The Driving Experience Lab: Simulating the Automotive Future in a Trailer

Clemens Schartmüller, Andreas Riener

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Abstract

Driving simulators are typically used to evaluate next-generation automotive user interfaces in user studies as they offer a replicable driving setting that also allows studying safety-critical and/or future systems. However, this AutomotiveUI experience research is often limited to university or company campuses and their students and staff. To combat that, we introduced a mobile driving simulator lab in a car trailer. We present features but also limitations of this lab, report on experiences after the first days of operation, and discuss further use cases beyond research. During 7 days of user studies with the trailer at a national garden festival, we conducted trials with more than 70 participants from diverse backgrounds. However, executing studies at public events also has its limitations, e.g., on accepted trial duration and potential for biased responses.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAutomotiveUI '21 Adjunct: 13th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications
PublisherACM DL
Pages225-228
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2021

Fields of science

  • 102 Computer Sciences
  • 102009 Computer simulation
  • 102013 Human-computer interaction
  • 102019 Machine learning
  • 102020 Medical informatics
  • 102021 Pervasive computing
  • 102022 Software development
  • 102025 Distributed systems
  • 202017 Embedded systems
  • 211902 Assistive technologies
  • 211912 Product design

JKU Focus areas

  • Digital Transformation

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