COMPARISON OF COMPUTER-GENERATED AND SIMULATED MOTION PICTURE DISPLAYS IN A DRIVING SIMULATION

An automotive driving simulator with a computer-generated display system, three axes of physical motion (roll, yaw, and lateral translation), sound, and vibration cues was used to investigate and compare human psychomotor response and vehicle response to different types of displays and motion cues. Subjects drove the simulated preprogrammed motion picture displays (MPDS), one being the standard computer-generated display (CGDS). Motion and no-motion conditions were instituted at each display level. Each data run included lane-keeping and lane-changing tasks for various simulated highway conditions. During lane changes under MPDS conditions, both preprogrammed and nonpreprogrammed simulator conditions were examined. Seven dependent variables were used to measure performance. Results of the experiment show that one level of the simulated preprogrammed MPDS produced performance similar to that of a CGDS in all seven measures, whereas the other levels differed significantly. This suggests that using a properly instrumented preprogrammed MPDS will not compromise experimental results for certain reserch and education experiments, and that in many cases an economical simulation using an MPDS would be adequate. /Author/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors Society

  Johns Hopkins University Press
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21218
• Authors:
  • Wierwille, W W
  • Fung, P P
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 577-590
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Driving simulators; Lane changing; Motion pictures; Personnel performance; Reaction time; Simulation; Vehicle dynamics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicle responses
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152977
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM