Motion scaling for high-performance driving simulators

Alain Berthoz; Willem Bles; H. H. Bülthoff; B. J.Correia Grácio; Philippus Feenstra; Nicolas Filliard; R. Hühne; Andras Kemeny; M. Mayrhofer; M. Mulder; H. G. Nusseck; P. Pretto; Gilles Reymond; R. Schlüsselberger; J. Schwandtner; H. Teufel; Benjamin Vailleau; M. M.René Van Paassen; Manuel Vidal; Mark Wentink

doi:10.1109/TSMC.2013.2242885

Motion scaling for high-performance driving simulators

Alain Berthoz, Willem Bles, H. H. Bülthoff, B. J.Correia Grácio, Philippus Feenstra, Nicolas Filliard, R. Hühne, Andras Kemeny, M. Mayrhofer, M. Mulder, H. G. Nusseck, P. Pretto, Gilles Reymond, R. Schlüsselberger, J. Schwandtner, H. Teufel, Benjamin Vailleau, M. M.René Van Paassen, Manuel Vidal, Mark Wentink

Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering

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Abstract

Advanced driving simulators aim at rendering the motion of a vehicle with maximum fidelity, which requires increased mechanical travel, size, and cost of the system. Motion cueing algorithms reduce the motion envelope by taking advantage of limitations in human motion perception, and the most commonly employed method is just to scale down the physical motion. However, little is known on the effects of motion scaling on motion perception and on actual driving performance. This paper presents the results of a European collaborative project, which explored different motion scale factors in a slalom driving task. Three state-of-the-art simulator systems were used, which were capable of generating displacements of several meters. The results of four comparable driving experiments, which were obtained with a total of 65 participants, indicate a preference for motion scale factors below 1, within a wide range of acceptable values (0.4-0.75). Very reduced or absent motion cues significantly degrade driving performance. Applications of this research are discussed for the design of motion systems and cueing algorithms for driving simulation.

Original language	English
Article number	A1
Pages (from-to)	265-276
Number of pages	12
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
Volume	43
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2013.2242885
Publication status	Published - 2013 May

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Funding Information:
This work was funded under the Project n. 95935 from FONCICYT C002-2008-1/ ALA – 127 249. Authors are grateful to the “Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia”, Portugal, for the Postdoctoral contract of Ana Sanches Silva in the frame of the Program “Science 2007”.

Keywords

Human factors
Road vehicles
Virtual reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human Factors and Ergonomics
Control and Systems Engineering
Signal Processing
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Science Applications
Computer Networks and Communications
Artificial Intelligence

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Berthoz, A., Bles, W., Bülthoff, H. H., Grácio, B. J. C., Feenstra, P., Filliard, N., Hühne, R., Kemeny, A., Mayrhofer, M., Mulder, M., Nusseck, H. G., Pretto, P., Reymond, G., Schlüsselberger, R., Schwandtner, J., Teufel, H., Vailleau, B., Van Paassen, M. M. R., Vidal, M., & Wentink, M. (2013). Motion scaling for high-performance driving simulators. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 43(3), 265-276. Article A1. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2013.2242885

Berthoz, A, Bles, W, Bülthoff, HH, Grácio, BJC, Feenstra, P, Filliard, N, Hühne, R, Kemeny, A, Mayrhofer, M, Mulder, M, Nusseck, HG, Pretto, P, Reymond, G, Schlüsselberger, R, Schwandtner, J, Teufel, H, Vailleau, B, Van Paassen, MMR, Vidal, M & Wentink, M 2013, 'Motion scaling for high-performance driving simulators', IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, vol. 43, no. 3, A1, pp. 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2013.2242885

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