Contact-analog warnings on windshield displays promote monitoring the road scene

Drivers attend to a lot of information at various locations inside and outside the car as well as on external devices (e.g. smart phones). Head-Up Displays (HUDs) support keeping drivers’ visual focus directed towards the street; as they present virtual information in the windshield area on top of the physical world within the field of view of the driver. Displayed information, however, is often spatially dissociated with its cause in the physical world: for example a warning is displayed, yet drivers still require time searching for the hazard causing it. Windshield displays (WSDs) allow virtual warnings being displayed at the position of the hazard. We compared HUD and WSD with the baseline no-display and found that drivers demonstrate a calm gaze behavior with

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2015
• Where: AUTOMOTIVEUI
• Authors: Renate Häuslschmid, Laura Schnurr, Julie Wagner, Andreas Butz
• Keywords: AUTOMOTIVEUI 2015, Human Computer Interaction