Field evaluation of a vehicle interior concept to support social interaction during automated driving
Mon-B17-Talk I-03
Presented by: Patricia Haar
The goal of the research project RUMBA, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, is to redesign the user experience for occupants during an automated drive (SAE level 4) by developing innovative interior and interaction concepts. As part of the second iteration of the user-centered, iterative development process, a field study will be presented. It aims to evaluate a prototype of an innovative vehicle interior concept for social interaction during automated driving as well as to identify design suggestions for its further development. The vehicle interior concept to be evaluated will be compared with a classic vehicle interior in a field-experimental research setting. The test subjects experience each vehicle interior over 30 minutes during a simulated automated drive in real traffic. During the ride, subjects play an online board game together: In one condition, the subjects are seated in driving direction and play on their respective tablet. In the other condition, they sit facing each other and play on a shared tablet. Besides others, user experience, behavior, system trust and subjective road safety of the occupants are measured. The contribution reports the methodology as well as first results of the evaluation study.
Keywords: Automated driving, user-centered development, user experience, vehicle interior, simulation prototype