A study at Glasgow University has investigated how augmented reality can bolster the safety of autonomous driving, alerting drivers when they need to take the wheel. The Glasgow study tasked drivers in a simulated environment with different cognitive tasks using a ‘heads down’ tablet and a ‘heads up’ AR display.
Screens displayed a series of 40 video clips of real road situations, with the clips stopping abruptly before a potentially hazardous situation developed, such as a pedestrian stepping onto the road. Drivers then had to select from one of four predictions about what would happen next based on their understanding of the road conditions at the point the video cut off.
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