Enhancing a Driving Simulator with a 3D-Stereo Projection System
Authors:
Hannsjoerg Schmieder, Katja Nagel, Hans-Peter Schoener
Keywords:
3D-stereo-projection, depth perception, simulator sickness, driving simulator
Abstract:
Daimler Research & Development has more than 30 years of experience in operating driving simulators. All driving simulators feature complete cars as the driver’s cabin, whilst the out of the window view is projected onto a screen. Up to now, all projection systems have been realized as 2D monoscopic systems. Nevertheless, due to the completely 3D databases, the projected 2D imagery already includes many depth cues to support the driver’s depth perception. Even though, a discrepancy in the adjusted distance to a car in front of the driver’s car in a simulator ride, compared to driving in the real world, can be observed. This discrepancy might be caused by a lack of sufficient depth cues within a 2D imagery. Motivated by this assumption and by the fact, that a 3D-stereo projection system became feasible from the technological as well as from the economical point of view, Daimler decided to enhance one of their simulators with a 3D-stereo projection system. Currently an initial set of experiments is done to evaluate the installed 3D-stereo projection system as part of a driving simulator. These experiments and first results will also be presented and discussed, including a brief excursion on human’s depth perception.
Cite this article
Schmieder H.; Nagel K. and Schoener H.-P. Enhancing a Driving Simulator with a 3D-Stereo Projection System In: Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2017 Europe VR, Driving Simulation Association, Stuttgart, Germany, 2017, pp. 103-110
@inproceedings{Schmieder2017,
title = {Enhancing a Driving Simulator with a 3D-Stereo Projection System},
author = {Hannsjoerg Schmieder and Katja Nagel and Hans-Peter Schoener},
editor = {Andras Kemeny and Florent Colombet and Frédéric Merienne and Stéphane Espié},
issn = {0769-0266},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-09-06},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2017 Europe VR},
pages = {103-110},
address = {Stuttgart, Germany},
organization = {Driving Simulation Association},
abstract = {Daimler Research & Development has more than 30 years of experience in operating driving simulators. All driving simulators feature complete cars as the driver’s cabin, whilst the out of the window view is projected onto a screen. Up to now, all projection systems have been realized as 2D monoscopic systems. Nevertheless, due to the completely 3D databases, the projected 2D imagery already includes many depth cues to support the driver’s depth perception. Even though, a discrepancy in the adjusted distance to a car in front of the driver’s car in a simulator ride, compared to driving in the real world, can be observed. This discrepancy might be caused by a lack of sufficient depth cues within a 2D imagery. Motivated by this assumption and by the fact, that a 3D-stereo projection system became feasible from the technological as well as from the economical point of view, Daimler decided to enhance one of their simulators with a 3D-stereo projection system. Currently an initial set of experiments is done to evaluate the installed 3D-stereo projection system as part of a driving simulator. These experiments and first results will also be presented and discussed, including a brief excursion on human’s depth perception.},
keywords = {3D-stereo-projection, depth perception, driving simulator, simulator sickness},
}
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