Title
Driving Behavior and Simulator Sickness While Driving the Vehicle in the Loop: Validation of Longitudinal Driving Behavior
Abstract
The Vehicle in the Loop (VIL) is a simulator, which combines real driving experience with the replicability and safety of simulators. In the VIL test setup a real test vehicle is combined with a virtual testing environment which is displayed to the user via a head-mounted display (HMD). In theory, this simulation concept renders the VIL uniquely suited to the development and evaluation of numerous automotive applications, including driver assistance systems. Aiming to assess the extent to which the VIL elicits realistic driving responses, a validation study was performed. In this first validation study the focus was on longitudinal driving behavior. 44 participants performed five common traffic maneuvers in reality and the VIL setup. Simulator sickness was assessed with the simulator sickness questionnaire (SSQ). Descriptive and inferential analyses of the data showed that the VIL achieves relative validity concerning brake pressure and reaction times and absolute validity concerning the steering angle. However, subjects showed longer reaction times and accelerated more smoothly while driving the VIL. One possible explanation for these results could be the presence of simulator sickness. Overall, the study indicates that the VIL represents a suitable testing method for the evaluation and development of driver assistance systems. The study also provided clear indications for the future development of the VIL.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/MITS.2012.2217995
Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, IEEE
Keywords
Field
DocType
automotive engineering,behavioural sciences,brakes,driver information systems,helmet mounted displays,pressure,road safety,road traffic,road vehicles,steering systems,virtual reality,HMD,SSQ,VIL,automotive application,brake pressure,descriptive analysis,driver assistance system,head-mounted display,inferential analysis,longitudinal driving behavior,real driving experience,realistic driving response,simulator sickness questionnaire,steering angle,traffic maneuver,vehicle driving,vehicle in the loop,vehicle simulator sickness,virtual testing environment
Brake,User assistance,Virtual reality,Simulation,Motion sickness,Advanced driver assistance systems,Augmented reality,Engineering,Simulator sickness,Automotive industry
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
5
1
1939-1390
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
1.04
7
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ines Karl1121.94
Guy Berg2151.69
Fabian Ruger381.38
Berthold Färber4476.27