Driving simulation has become a very useful tool for vehicle design and research in industry
and educational institutes. This paper provides a review of driving simulator components …

Recent advances in computing power, computer graphics, and virtual reality systems are
leading to important new opportunities for the development and use of driving simulators …

This paper describes the construction of a low-cost PC-based driving simulator that can
perform five degree-of-freedom (DOF) motions similar to a road vehicle. The mathematical …

A driving simulator development project at the Systems Engineering and Technical Process
Center (SE/TP) is exploring the role of driving simulation in the vehicle design process. The …

Driving simulators play an important role in research concerning mainly human factors and
the development of new advanced driver assistance systems. Since the human body is a …

We present a case study concerning the development of a driving simulator at Mitsubishi
Electric Research Labs. By relying largely on off-the-shelf components, we have kept the …

The characteristics, functionality, limitations, and applications of mid-level driving simulators
are reviewed and discussed. For this paper a mid-level simulator is defined as one which …

A number of commonly and not so commonly asked questions about driving simulators are
here addressed. Some of the questions are relatively easy to answer, whereas others do not …

1-2 Handbook of Driving Simulation for Engineering, Medicine, and Psychology© 2011 by
Taylor & Francis Group, LLC is is an exciting time for researchers using driving simulators. In …

Driving simulators are frequently used for vehicle system development, human factor study,
and vehicle safety research by enabling the reproduction of the actual driving environments …