VIRTUAL NIGHT DRIVE

If one has in mind that more than 45% of all deadly accidents occur at night time or dawn, although just 25% percent of the averaged traffic occurs at night, optimal lighting devices are very important to increase traffic safety. In this paper a new night time driving simulator is described, which allows to simulate night time scenery with the computer using virtual reality technologies. As the main point, the real light distribution is used to illuminate the scene and it is possible to perform an interactive virtual night drive even with low cost hardware. This technology is essential for the development of optimal lighting devices.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Safety Advisory Committee

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • WEBER, T
  • PLATTFAUT, C
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF 17TH INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON THE ENHANCED SAFETY OF VEHICLES. CD ROM
  • Location: Amsterdam , Netherlands
  • Date: 2001-6-4 to 2001-6-7
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: DOT HS 809220

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crashes; Digital computers; Driving; Fatalities; Headlamps; Night; Safety; Simulation; Street lighting
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 8673: Digital computer; 1855: Driving (veh); 1602: Fatality; 1342: Headlamp; 545: Lighting (street); 9052: Night; 1665: Safety; 9103: Simulation
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00920904
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 6 2002 12:00AM