Transforming Cars into Computers: Interdisciplinary Opportunities for HCI

Road and highway infrastructures are being transformed in anticipation of self-driving vehicles. During the transition to fully autonomous road networks people and driverless cars will interact with each other in mixed traffic situations. Vehicles are currently equipped with two types of communication devices one auditory (a horn) and the other visual (signalling lights). In many instances, human drivers use these devices in combination with embodied interaction such as eye contact and gesture when communicating with other road users. Hence, horn and signalling devices currently in use may not be enough to communicate with others in traffic settings; especially when driverless vehicles become responsible for the main driving activity. Driverless vehicles require new interaction types that support Human-AV interaction in an easy to understand and intuitive way. With the transformation of cars into computers new opportunities for research present themselves to the HCI community.

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Grace Eden

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Publication date: July 2018

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.73

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

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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] S. BeikerF. HanssonA. SunesonM. Uhl 2016 How the convergence of automotive and tech will create a new ecosystem McKinsey http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/automotive-and-assembly/our-insights/how-the-convergence-of-automotive-and-tech-will-create-a-new-ecosystem March 2018

[2] B BrownE. Laurier 2017 The Trouble with Autopilots: Assisted and Autonomous Driving on the Social Road In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’17) 416 429

[3] M. CunninghamM.A. Regan 2015 Autonomous vehicles: Human factors issues and future research In Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC 2015), Gold Coast Australia 14-16 October 2015

[4] A. D’AndreaL. CiolfiB. Gray 2011 Methodological Challenges and Innovations in Mobilities Research, Mobilities 6 2 149-160 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2011.552769

[5] G. EdenB. NanchenR. RamseyerF. Evéquoz 2017 On the Road with an Autonomous Passenger Shuttle: Integration in Public Spaces In SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems CO Denver New York ACM Press 1569 1576 http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3053126

[6] N. MeratT. LouwR. MadiganM. WilbrinkA. Schieben 2018 What externally presented information do VRUs require when interacting with fully Automated Road Transport Systems in shared space? Accident Analysis & Prevention

[7] A. MeschtscherjakovM. TscheligiD. SzostakS. KromeR. RatanB. PflegingI. PolitisS. BaltodanD. MillerW. Ju 2016 HCI and Autonomous Vehicles: Contextual Experience Informs Design Workshop Summary, In Proceedings CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’16) 3542-3549 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2851581.2856489

[8] J. ParkinB. ClarkW. ClaytonM. RicciG. Parkhurst 2016 Understanding interactions between autonomous vehicles and other road users: A literature review. Technical Report. University of the West of England Bristol http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/29153 16 March 2018

[9] C. PooleyJ. TurnbullM. Adams 2005 A mobile century?: changes in everyday mobility in Britain in the twentieth century Ashgate

[10] SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) 2016 Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles http://standards.sae.org/j3016_201609 16 March 2018

[11] Highways England 2017), Strategic Road Network InitialReport https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/highways-englands-strategic-road-network-initial-report 14 March 2018

[12] UKCAVS 2017 UK Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Research and Development Projects 2017 http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/connected-and-autonomous-vehicle-research-and-development-projects-2017 27 March 2018

[13] E. VinkhuyzenM. Cefkin 2016 Developing Socially Acceptable Autonomous Vehicles In Proceedings of Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC ’16) 522 534 doi:10.1111/1559-8918.2016.01108

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