Effects of Augmented Reality Cues on Driver Hazard Perception

This study evaluated the effects of augmented reality (AR) cues designed to direct the attention of experienced drivers to simulated roadside hazards. Twenty-seven healthy middle-aged licensed drivers with a range of attention abilities participated in an hour and a half-long drive in a high-fidelity driving simulator. Each participant drove six simulated straight rural roadways in which drivers received AR cues to potential roadside hazards. Participants were evaluated on response time for detecting a potentially hazardous event, detection accuracy for target (hazard) and non-target (peripheral) secondary objects, and headway with respect to the hazards. Results showed a trend toward response time benefits for AR cued hazards. AR cueing increased response rate for detecting pedestrians and warning signs but not vehicles. AR system false alarms and misses did not impair driver responses to potential hazards. Also, AR cues did not impair perception of non-target objects in the periphery, including for drivers with lower attentional capacity.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Rusch, Michelle L
  • Schall Jr, Mark
  • Gavin, Patrick
  • Lee, John D
  • Dawson, Jeffrey
  • Rizzo, Matthew
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
• Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 19p
• Monograph Title: TRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced driver information systems; Attention; Attention lapses; Automobile drivers; Driving simulators; Highway safety; Pedestrians; Roadside hazards; Visual perception; Warning signs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Augmented reality; Middle-aged persons
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01337900
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 11-1205
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 27 2011 7:20AM