Compact 3 DOF Driving Simulator using Immersive Virtual Reality
This work addresses the need for affordable and compact driving simulators for training or research purposes, but it is incremental as it builds on existing motion and VR technologies.
The researchers tackled the problem of creating a high-fidelity driving simulator with minimal cost and space by combining a 3 DOF motion platform and a VR headset, resulting in a system that used a custom motion cueing algorithm to reduce visuo-vestibular conflict and measured simulator sickness progression via SSQ scores.
A driving simulator was created using commercially available 3 degree of freedom motion platform (DOFreality H3) and a virtual reality head-mounted display (Oculus CV1). Using virtual reality headset as the visual simulation system with low-cost moving base platform allowed us to create a high-fidelity driving simulator with minimal cost and space. A custom motion cueing algorithm was used to minimize visuo-vestibular conflict, and simulator sickness questionnaire (SSQ) was used to measure progression of simulator sickness over time while driving on a highway environment.