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The change of the role people plays in autonomous driving leads to different use scenario and user behavior, which should be considered in the design of smart cockpit to enable better experience. However, the smart cockpit design and user study under autonomous driving conditions are difficult to achieve by existing approaches due to high cost and the limitation current methods pose on designer imagination. Mixed reality incorporates the ability of virtual reality to simulate immersive scenarios and events, and combines both virtual and real worlds, thus enables further natural user interaction and intuitive experience. We present in this paper a platform for designers to build virtual cockpit and validate their design based on mixed reality. In innovation and design phase, the platform provides basic modularized components which can be assembled to various usable space and HMI. It helps designers to explore the possibility of cockpit space of self-driving vehicles unlimitedly and build it conveniently according to different scenarios and functions. In user validation phase, designers can do user study for designed cockpit in virtual potential use scenarios, integrating a series of driving condition and events. With the support of mixed reality, the platform can provide more natural experience of some components (seats, screens, etc.) to better validate and optimize the design.
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Sun, X., Wu, S., Zhang, S., Wang, H. (2019). Mixed Reality-Based Platform for Smart Cockpit Design and User Study for Self-driving Vehicles. In: Karwowski, W., Ahram, T. (eds) Intelligent Human Systems Integration 2019. IHSI 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 903. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11051-2_68
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