RoadFeliciani, ClaudioCrociani, LucaGorrini, AndreaNagahama, AkihitoNishinari, KatsuhiroBandini, Stefania accidents are among the leading cause of death worldwide, with developing countries paying the highest toll. Among the different road users, pedestrians are the most vulnerable. A better understanding of the relation occurring between car drivers and pedestrians when they interact is necessary for the development of new research approaches and their fall in education/prevention. Given the risks involved in the study of car-pedestrian interactions, experimental studies are difficult and only simulators represent a feasible alternative. However, the high cost of driving simulatorsDriving simulator prevent developing countries from investing on these tools. In this research, we considered the possibility to use a simple low-cost (below 500 $) virtual realityVirtual Reality (VR) (VR) based driving simulator to study the interaction between cars and pedestrians at unsignalized crosswalksCrosswalk. Young adults and elderlies were asked to drive in a virtual environment where simulated pedestrians would pass randomly on crosswalks. Driving behavior was numerically determined for both age groups using speed, time gap and driving accuracy. The obtained results fit with the behavior observed in real conditions, suggesting the empowerment of the application of low-cost VR-based systems for traffic safetyTraffic safety research. Results on usability indicated the existence of discomfort during the use of VRVirtual Reality (VR) tools, suggesting deeper studies on digital-divide issues.


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    Titel :

    Experiments and Usability Tests of a VR-Based Driving Simulator to Evaluate Driving Behavior in the Presence of Crossing Pedestrians


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Springer Proceedings Phys.


    Beteiligte:
    Zuriguel, Iker (Herausgeber:in) / Garcimartin, Angel (Herausgeber:in) / Cruz, Raul (Herausgeber:in) / Feliciani, Claudio (Autor:in) / Crociani, Luca (Autor:in) / Gorrini, Andrea (Autor:in) / Nagahama, Akihito (Autor:in) / Nishinari, Katsuhiro (Autor:in) / Bandini, Stefania (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Traffic and Granular Flow 2019 ; Kapitel : 58 ; 471-477


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-11-17


    Format / Umfang :

    7 pages





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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