TY - GEN
T1 - Microscopic simulation for virtual worlds with self-driving avatars
AU - Jiang, Tian
AU - Miska, Marc
AU - Kuwahara, Masao
AU - Nakasone, Arturo
AU - Prendinger, Helmut
PY - 2010/12/29
Y1 - 2010/12/29
N2 - Virtual worlds are a good platform to perform driving behavior experiments among a big group of people at low cost and high level of realism. Since driving behavior is highly influenced by the behavior of surrounding vehicles it is crucial to establish a realistic environment for the driving experiment. Thus, the avatars' vehicle needs to be recognized by the simulation and hence by the other simulated vehicles. In this paper we are introducing a microscopic simulation model that has this feature and allows users to anticipate as drivers in the simulation. Using virtual worlds with self driving avatars allows studying driving behavior in various situations under stable laboratory conditions. The virtual environment, allows the recreation of various scenarios from highways to city traffic under various traffic and environmental conditions.
AB - Virtual worlds are a good platform to perform driving behavior experiments among a big group of people at low cost and high level of realism. Since driving behavior is highly influenced by the behavior of surrounding vehicles it is crucial to establish a realistic environment for the driving experiment. Thus, the avatars' vehicle needs to be recognized by the simulation and hence by the other simulated vehicles. In this paper we are introducing a microscopic simulation model that has this feature and allows users to anticipate as drivers in the simulation. Using virtual worlds with self driving avatars allows studying driving behavior in various situations under stable laboratory conditions. The virtual environment, allows the recreation of various scenarios from highways to city traffic under various traffic and environmental conditions.
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U2 - 10.1109/ITSC.2010.5625141
DO - 10.1109/ITSC.2010.5625141
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78650438552
SN - 9781424476572
T3 - IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC
SP - 1319
EP - 1323
BT - 13th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2010
T2 - 13th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2010
Y2 - 19 September 2010 through 22 September 2010
ER -