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.com project 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 Intelligent Systems and Computing
Editors	Neville Stanton
Publisher	Springer-Verlag London Ltd
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	E-pub ahead of print - 6 Jun 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics - Washington D.C., United States Duration: 24 Jul 2019 → 28 Jul 2019 http://www.ahfe2019.org/

Publication series

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

Conference

Conference	10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics
Abbreviated title	AHFE 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington D.C.
Period	24/07/19 → 28/07/19
Internet address	http://www.ahfe2019.org/

Keywords

Autonomous vehicles
Human factors
Safety
Trust

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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 Intelligent Systems and Computing (pp. 307-316). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 964). Springer-Verlag London Ltd. Advance online publication. 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 Intelligent Systems and Computing. ed. / Neville Stanton. Springer-Verlag London Ltd, 2019. p. 307-316 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 964).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

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 Intelligent Systems and Computing. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 964, Springer-Verlag London Ltd, pp. 307-316, 10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics , Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 24/07/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20503-4_29

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