Does Augmented-Reality Head-Up Display Help? A Preliminary Study on Driving Performance Through a VR-Simulated Eye Movement Analysis

Augmented reality heads-up display (AR-HUD) is becoming increasingly popular as a way to keep drivers focusing on roads. By overlaying visuals on the windshield, AR-HUDs improve the drivers' view of the environment outside the car, creating a stronger sense of awareness of the surroundings. How...

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Published in:IEEE access Vol. 9; pp. 129951 - 129964
Main Authors: Ma, Xiangdong, Jia, Mengting, Hong, Zhicong, Kwok, Alex Pak Ki, Yan, Mian
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Piscataway IEEE 2021
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:
Augmented reality
Augmented reality head-up display
Automotive components
cognitive resource allocation
Commercialization
eye movement analysis
Eye movements
Head-up displays
Human-computer interface
Layouts
Lighting
Real-time systems
Resource allocation
Roads
Safety
Vehicle safety
Vehicles
Virtual reality
virtual reality driving simulator
Visualization
Windshields
ISSN:2169-3536, 2169-3536
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Summary:Augmented reality heads-up display (AR-HUD) is becoming increasingly popular as a way to keep drivers focusing on roads. By overlaying visuals on the windshield, AR-HUDs improve the drivers' view of the environment outside the car, creating a stronger sense of awareness of the surroundings. However, whether AR-HUD and to what extent different AR-HUD layouts could improve drivers' driving performance are still questionable. Unfortunately, AR-HUD is still at a research stage, not yet fully commercialized. Hence, there are few actual products in the market available for testing. For this reason, this study developed a virtual reality driving simulator to tested drivers' driving performance environment under three scenarios: without AR-HUD, dispersed layout (AR-HUD1), and dense layout (AR-HUD2). Twelve subjects were invited to join the experiment. Their driving performance was measured in various aspects. This study showed that AR-HUD with interfaces that conform to human-computer interaction principles and visual design rules could improve cognitive resource allocation and promote driving safety. Conversely, a poor designed AR-HUD could negatively impact driving safety.
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ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3112240