Simulator showdown: pitch your virtual ride

Abstract

With autonomous driving on the horizon, new research challenges appeared and subsequently, new methods and research instruments became necessary. To adapt to these emerging research questions, driving simulators, the cornerstone of automotive human factors research, have been tweaked, modified or developed from scratch. This one-day workshop invites academics and practitioners to report, demo or discuss their solutions for simulating the next wave of automotive interaction research. The goal of this workshop is two fold: (1) we provide a forum for researchers focusing on simulator software and discuss opportunities for a future collaboration platform for sharing and co-develop simulator software. (2) We collect and discus the needs, expectations and solutions of the automotive UI community to articulate a road map for developing future driving simulators setups.