Project Number
- 181
Title
- Fixed-Base Driving Simulator
Description
- Immersive virtual environment driving simulator with haptic feedback.
Contact
- James Gruening
Affiliation
- Iowa State University
Address
- Iowa Center for Emerging Manufacturing Technology
- 2062 Black Engineering
- Ames, Iowa 50011
- 2062 Black Engineering
- honyamda@iastate.edu
WWW
- http://www.icemt.iastate.edu
Year
- 1997
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 97 Visual Proceedings
Project Details
- "This virtual reality application is used as a testbed for Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems and virtual prototyping. One of its main goals is to investigate the level of fidelity required for various human factors studies."
- Vehicle dynamics are computed by a 13-degree-of-freedom vehicle simulation with over 130 parameters. The simulated vehicle is controlled by inputs obtained from a steering wheel, accelerator pedal, and brake pedal. From these inputs, the vehicle dynamics provide visual, aural, and haptic feedback to the driver in the fixed-base car body. They also drive the visual simulation in the virtual world.
- "To provide drivers with a realistic steering feel, control loading (haptics) has been carefully implemented to generate the torque applied to the steering wheel, greatly enhancing the immersive driving experience."
Sight
- SGI workstation, fixed-base car body
Sound
- amplified sound
Touch
- force feedback response on steering wheel, acceleration and braking pedals
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 2 - Prototype, Components, Testing
Intent
- 2 - Technique (paradigm, human)
Primary
- 201 - virtual environment
Secondary
- 103 - sense cue (vis,aud,tac/ff/mo,olf,tast)
Remarks
- Virtual Environment testbed with haptic feedback.
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