Virtual Reality Simulation and Eye Tracking to Assess Hazard Perception of Car Drivers

The assessment of a driver’s hazard perception on the road is difficult to measure. Using a Virtual Reality (VR) simulation coupled with eye tracking to objectively detect hazard recognition is a viable technological solution. The objective in this paper is to outline an approach that uses a virtual simulation to assess hazard perception of car drivers. This approach covers the development of a system capable of capturing the data required to interpret a subject’s attention (e.g. head and eye gaze scan path), and a proposed approach to using supervised machine learning algorithms to analyse this dataset and predict driver competency in hazard perception.

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Liam Ferris

Raymond Bond

Luke McNeice

Adam Grimley

Andrew Taylor

Justin Magee

Frank Lyons

Darryl Charles

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Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 1-4

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[0001]Kainos

4-6 Upper Cres, Belfast BT7 1NT, Northern Ireland, UK

[0002]Ulster University

Newtownabbey, County Antrim, BT37 0QB, Northern

Ireland, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.189

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 32

Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Human Computer Interaction Conference

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[1] A. GallagherE. RitterH. ChampionG. HigginsM. FriedG. MosesC. SmithR. Satava “Virtual Reality Simulation for the Operating Room” Annals of Surgery 241 2 364 372 2005

[2] J. Winter DeP. Van LeuweenP. Happee 2012 August Advantages and disadvantages of driving simulators: A discussion In Proceedings of Measuring Behavior 47 50

[3] J. FoxD. MerwinR. MarshG. McConkieA. Kramer “Information Extraction during Instrument Flight: An Evaluation of the Validity of the Eye-Mind Hypothesis” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 40 2 77 81 1996

[4] J. CurrieR. BondP. McCullaghP. BlackD. FinlayA. Peace “Eye Tracking the Visual Attention of Nurses Interpreting Simulated Vital Signs Scenarios: Mining Metrics to Discriminate Between Performance Level” IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems 48 2 113 124 2018

[5] E. TafajT.C. KüblerG. KasneciW. RosenstielM. Bogdan V. MladenovP. Koprinkova-HristovaG. Koprinkova-PalmA.E.P. VillaB. AppolliniN. Kasabov 2013 Online Classification of Eye Tracking Data for Automated Analysis of Traffic Hazard Perception. Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2013. ICANN 2013 Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8131 Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

[6] L. MeulenersM. Fraser 2015 A validation study of driving errors using a driving simulator Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 29 14 21

[7] R. BaileyA. McNamaraN. SudarsanamC. Grimm “Subtle gaze direction” ACM Transactions on Graphics 28 4 1 14 2009

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