IFSTTAR Street-Crossing Simulator: Technical Overview and Applications in Road Safety Research
Résumé : Pedestrians are known to be very vulnerable road users. Since the 70ties, road safety scientists have been interested in investigating pedestrian behaviour (especially of children and older people who are at the greatest risk), but were long time limited to accident and observational studies. Experimental studies in real world conditions were complex [Lee84, Dem92], while laboratory experiments used simplified video settings (e.g., [Oxl05]) that did not insure either interactivity or perception-action coupling. Whereas driving simulators have been for decades a valuable tool for investigations of human behaviour and validation of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), the development of pedestrian simulators is still in the early stages. Thanks to the development of Virtual Reality (VR) technology, interactive street-crossing simulation devices have come into use in the early 2000s. This kind of devices enables studies on pedestrian behaviour in hazardous traffic situations (e.g. crossing scenarios) by offering pedestrian-vehicle interactions and the precise control of a large range of infrastructure configurations, speeds, gaps and types of approaching vehicles, as well as illumination conditions.
Nguyen-Thong Dang, Fabrice Vienne. IFSTTAR Street-Crossing Simulator: Technical Overview and Applications in Road Safety Research. Driving Simulation Conference Europe VR 2016, Sep 2014, Paris, France. Driving Simulation Conference Europe VR 2016, 2p, 2016. <hal-01466247>
Résumé : Pedestrians are known to be very vulnerable road users. Since the 70ties, road safety scientists have been interested in investigating pedestrian behaviour (especially of children and older people who are at the greatest risk), but were long time limited to accident and observational studies. Experimental studies in real world conditions were complex [Lee84, Dem92], while laboratory experiments used simplified video settings (e.g., [Oxl05]) that did not insure either interactivity or perception-action coupling. Whereas driving simulators have been for decades a valuable tool for investigations of human behaviour and validation of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), the development of pedestrian simulators is still in the early stages. Thanks to the development of Virtual Reality (VR) technology, interactive street-crossing simulation devices have come into use in the early 2000s. This kind of devices enables studies on pedestrian behaviour in hazardous traffic situations (e.g. crossing scenarios) by offering pedestrian-vehicle interactions and the precise control of a large range of infrastructure configurations, speeds, gaps and types of approaching vehicles, as well as illumination conditions.
Nguyen-Thong Dang, Fabrice Vienne. IFSTTAR Street-Crossing Simulator: Technical Overview and Applications in Road Safety Research. Driving Simulation Conference Europe VR 2016, Sep 2014, Paris, France. Driving Simulation Conference Europe VR 2016, 2p, 2016. <hal-01466247>
