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Light my way: visualizing shared gaze in the car

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Sandra Trösterer,

Christine Döttlinger,

Alexander Meschtscherjakov,

Manfred TscheligiAuthors Info & Claims

AutomotiveUI '15: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

Pages 196 - 203

https://doi.org/10.1145/2799250.2799258

Published: 01 September 2015 Publication History

Abstract

In demanding driving situations, the front-seat passenger can become a supporter of the driver by, e.g., monitoring the scene or providing hints about upcoming hazards or turning points. A fast and efficient communication of such spatial information can help the driver to react properly, with more foresight. As shown in previous research, this spatial referencing can be facilitated by providing the driver a visualization of the front-seat passenger's gaze. In this paper, we focus on the question how the gaze should be visualized for the driver, taking into account the feasibility of implementation in a real car. We present the results from a driving simulator study, where we compared an LED visualization (glowing LEDs on an LED stripe mounted at the bottom of the windshield, indicating the horizontal position of the gaze) with a visualization of the gaze as a dot in the simulated environment. Our results show that LED visualization comes with benefits with regard to driver distraction but also bears disadvantages with regard to accuracy and control for the front-seat passenger.

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Light my way: visualizing shared gaze in the car
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods

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AutomotiveUI '15: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

September 2015

338 pages

ISBN:9781450337366

DOI:10.1145/2799250

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University of Nottingham, UK
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Virginia Tech
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University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
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Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM), Germany
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