Virtual Reality (VR) is a popular technology to recreate reality-like scenarios, including
dangerous ones, in a realistic but safe way. Because of this potential, VR based research …

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) can prevent collisions by understanding pedestrian intention.
We conducted a virtual reality experiment with 39 participants and measured crossing times …

Accidents occur when a person's attention is distracted. A key aspect of safety training is
directing people's attention to potential hazards. Unfortunately, creating such hazards also …

Virtual environments will deeply alter the way we conduct scientific studies on human
behavior. Possible applications range from spatial navigation over addressing moral …

In developed societies road safety skills are taught early and often practiced under the
supervision of a parent, providing children with a combination of theoretical and practical …

An increasing number of studies employ virtual reality (VR) to evaluate interactions between
autonomous vehicles (AVs) and pedestrians. VR simulators are valued for their cost …

In order for autonomous vehicles to adapt to local norms in human driving, it is critical to
profile how human driving differs across geographical locations. While ethnographers have …

The increasing ubiquity and mobility of virtual reality (VR) devices has introduced novel use
cases, one of which is using VR in vehicles, both human-driven and fully automated …

This virtual reality study was conducted to assess the impact of the appearance of virtual
characters on the avoidance movement behavior of participants. Five experimental …

Much of the excitement and concern with virtual reality (VR) has to do with the impact of
virtual experiences on our moral conduct in the “real world”. VR technologies offer vivid …