Driving simulation environment for modeling of human behavior

Abstract

The goal of our research is to build a realistic model of human behavior that predicts the distribution of cognitive and bodily resources when performing complex tasks such as driving a car. Our driving environment is full of varied time-critical inputs that humans are familiar with handling. It provides a set of components and functions that facilitate the staging of experiments and the monitoring of advanced human behaviors. Hence, we can test humans and human behavioral models in a realistic VR setting with roads, traffic lights, STOP signs, pedestrians and other vehicles to study everyday behaviors in real time. Copyright is held by author/owner(s) Tapia'07, October 14-17, 2007, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA ACM 978-1-59593-866-4/07/0010