A Virtual Reality Wheelchair Simulator for Realistic Road User Behavior in Driving Simulations

We designed a novel virtual reality wheelchair simulator for investigating wheelchair users’ driving behavior and road user interaction. The approach is unique because, unlike earlier design approaches, we do not use a fixed-base simulator. We allow the wheelchair user to move like in non-simulator conditions while only visual stimuli are substituted or augmented. In this paper, we present the simulator design and examine its advantages and disadvantages in comparison to the fixed-base simulator architecture.     «

We designed a novel virtual reality wheelchair simulator for investigating wheelchair users’ driving behavior and road user interaction. The approach is unique because, unlike earlier design approaches, we do not use a fixed-base simulator. We allow the wheelchair user to move like in non-simulator conditions while only visual stimuli are substituted or augmented. In this paper, we present the simulator design and examine its advantages and disadvantages in comparison to the fixed-base simulato...     »