Development of Driver Discomfortness Evaluation Under Severe Weather in Driving Simulator

Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Driving Simulator

This work presents the design and set-up of a virtual reality driving simulator for development and evaluation of future automotive HMI concepts. The Oculus Rift based virtual reality driving simulation described in this work is an immersive 3D virtual reality simulator, which gives the driver a near-realistic driving experience. Oculus Rift is a low-latency 360° head tracking virtual reality h...

A driving simulator study of driver performance on deceleration lanes.

Deceleration lanes are important because they help drivers transition from high-speed lanes to low-speed ramps. Although they are designed to allow vehicles to depart the freeway safely and efficiently, many studies report high accident rates on exit ramps with the highest percentage of crashes taking place in deceleration lanes. This paper describes the results of a driving simulator study tha...

Examination of Driver Steering Adaptation on a Driving Simulator

Evaluation of Driving Education Methods in a Driving Simulator

This paper presents the development of a realistic driving simulator and its use in the study of driving education methods. In this study, a large set of persons without driving license will be used. Each person will be submitted to a driving course that may include driving lessons in a real car and / or in the driving simulator. The realism used in the simulation can be adjusted between the cl...

Development and Verification of a Truck Driving Simulator for Driver Drowsiness Studies

Field operational testing for the study of driver behavior requires extensive preparation and precaution measures to limit subjects risk exposure during experiment. Moreover, inherent variability in testing conditions may introduce error in the experiment results. Alternatively, a driving simulator offers the ability to replicate driving situations in a safe and repeatable experimental environm...