Multimodal Wayfinding in a Driving Simulator for the _c~Sha_ir~e Internet Chair, a Networked Rotary Motion Platform

摘要

Our driving simulator application has been applied to a race game. A game manager program randomly determines a target in the field, and locates the audio beacon at that position. Drivers race to the goal— using a steering controller with foot pedals, keyboard, or both— with the encouragement of arrows flying towards and sound emitted from it. The first to arrive at the goal position is declared the winner. In this entertainment computing research, three senses— touch, sight, and hearing— are employed. The duplex mode establishes that when the motion platform controller receives a target azimuth, it sends updates on a separate channel while twisting towards the target, coupling the proprioceptive, visual, and auditory displays. Using spatial audio, our networked driving simulator is enhanced regarding both realism and augmented reality capability. In conditions of good visibility, the dynamic stereographic arrows are effective way-finding cues, but especially in conditions of reduced visibility— night-time and/or fog— spatial audio cues complement the arrows for way-finding and situation awareness.