Pedestrian Attitudes to Shared-Space Interactions with Autonomous Vehicles -- A Virtual Reality Study

Christopher G. Burns; Luis Oliveira; Vivien Hung; Peter Thomas; Stewart Birrell

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-20503-4_29

Pedestrian Attitudes to Shared-Space Interactions with Autonomous Vehicles -- A Virtual Reality Study

Christopher G. Burns, Luis Oliveira, Vivien Hung, Peter Thomas, Stewart Birrell

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Abstract

The automotive industry is steadily moving towards fully autonomous vehicles, and it is becoming important to understand attitudes towards them. This study is an aspect of the www.ukautodrive.comproject with Jaguar-Land Rover, RDM Automotive, and The University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG). Uniquely, we used a prototype fully autonomous vehicle, and were interested in pedestrian attitudes towards this vehicle manoeuvring in close proximity. Using virtual reality (VR) cameras, we filmed 18 manoeuvring scenarios and presented them using VR equipment. Participants answered four short rating-scale questions after each exposure, and self-reported less trust and safety when the vehicle was faster and closer. This work has implications both for real-world autonomous vehicles, and for further use of VR technology. That the VR environments seemed sufficiently convincing to evoke consistent responses from volunteers represents a considerable opportunity across a variety of experimental domains, and can improve further with advances in this technology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Factors of Transportation (AHFE 2019)
Editors	Neville Stanton
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	307-316
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-20503-4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-20502-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20503-4_29
Publication status	Published - 6 Jun 2019
Event	10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomic - Washington D.C., United States Duration: 24 Jul 2019 → 28 Jul 2019

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Publisher	Springer
Volume	964
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)	2194-5365

Conference

Conference	10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomic
Abbreviated title	AFHE 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington D.C.
Period	24/07/19 → 28/07/19

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Trust
Safety
Autonomous vehicles
Human factors

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Burns, C. G., Oliveira, L., Hung, V., Thomas, P., & Birrell, S. (2019). Pedestrian Attitudes to Shared-Space Interactions with Autonomous Vehicles -- A Virtual Reality Study. In N. Stanton (Ed.), Advances in Human Factors of Transportation (AHFE 2019) (pp. 307-316). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 964). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20503-4_29

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Burns, CG, Oliveira, L, Hung, V, Thomas, P & Birrell, S 2019, Pedestrian Attitudes to Shared-Space Interactions with Autonomous Vehicles -- A Virtual Reality Study. in N Stanton (ed.), Advances in Human Factors of Transportation (AHFE 2019). Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 964, Springer, Cham, pp. 307-316, 10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomic, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 24/07/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20503-4_29

Pedestrian Attitudes to Shared-Space Interactions with Autonomous Vehicles -- A Virtual Reality Study. / Burns, Christopher G.; Oliveira, Luis; Hung, Vivien et al.
Advances in Human Factors of Transportation (AHFE 2019). ed. / Neville Stanton. Cham: Springer, 2019. p. 307-316 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 964).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Pedestrian Attitudes to Shared-Space Interactions with Autonomous Vehicles -- A Virtual Reality Study

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