How realistic is the gaze behaviour in a cycling simulator? A comparative study between lab and field.

The needs of cyclists are becoming increasingly important in transportation planning. More and more bicycle simulators are being developed to study traffic behaviour and to test infrastructure measures in a cost-effective and safe way. However, in order to be able to transfer results from the simulation to reality, it must be ensured that the simulator reproduces a realistic traffic behaviour. Therefore, the authors conducted a study in which theyt compared the gaze behaviour within a simulator with a curved screen to the gaze behaviour in the field. The results show that the gaze behaviour differs: in the simulator the gaze distribution is rather horizontal while in the field study it is vertical. In addition, more fixations respectively visits are performed in the field study. For most regions the average visit duration is significantly shorter in the field study. Therefore, the gaze behaviour was more active in the field study than in the simulation.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.536
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146523008347
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  • © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Gay, Nathanael
  • Trefzger, Mathias
  • Sawilla, Swenja
  • Schlegel, Thomas
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena Conference (TRA Lisbon 2022)
  • Location: Lisbon , Portugal
  • Date: 2022-11-14 to 2022-11-17
• Publication Date: 2023

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1061-1068
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Cyclists; Eye movements; Field studies; Laboratory studies; Simulation
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01908172
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 14 2024 2:33PM