Supporting User Onboarding in Automated Vehicles through Multimodal Augmented Reality Tutorials
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Contribution Statement
2. Background & Related Work
2.1. Defining User Onboarding in Context of Automated Vehicles
2.2. Effects of User Onboarding on Experience with Automated Vehicles
Multimodal User Onboarding in Augmented Reality
2.3. Conclusive Summary
3. Online Survey on Users’ Experience with Current Vehicle Assistant Systems
3.1. Sample
3.2. Method and Procedure
3.3. Results & Discussion
4. Real-World Driving Study to Compare User Onboarding Mechanisms
4.1. Stimulus Material: AR User Onboarding Prototype vs. Manual for Autoparking
- 1.
- Slowly pass through the parking space until a “P” appears in the instrument cluster
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- Stop the vehicle
- 3.
- Engage reverse gear
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- On center screen, press button “Start”
4.2. Experimental Procedure
4.2.1. Pre-Questionnaire
4.2.2. Driving Test
Station I
Station II
Station III
4.2.3. Post-Questionnaire
4.3. Sample
4.4. Results of the Driving Study
4.4.1. Observed Behavior
Mistrust: Interruption of the Automated System Behavior
Task Performance: Completing the Autoparking Procedure without further Help
4.4.2. Subjective Questionnaires
5. General Discussion
5.1. User Acceptance and UX of Vehicle Assistant Systems
5.2. Trust in and Familiarization with Vehicle Assistant Systems
Vehicle Assistant Systems’ Understanding and Operation
6. Limitations
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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ACC ∪ aLKA | aLCA | Traffic Jam Assistant | Remote Parking | Automated Parking | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons who own it | 44 (75) | 17 (29) | 27 (47) | 11 (19) | 45 (78) |
Owners who use it... | |||||
...weekly | 37 (84) | 9 (53) | 17 (63) | 2 (18) | 16 (36) |
...monthly | 2 (4) | 3 (18) | 4 (15) | 1 (9) | 5 (11) |
...<monthly | 3 (6) | 5 (29) | 3 (11) | 5 (46) | 15 (33) |
...never | 2 (4) | 3 (11) | 3 (27) | 9 (20) | |
Trust at first contact | 3.5 (1.17) | 3.47 (1.17) | 3.26 (1.25) | 3.64 (1.2) | 2.96 (1.6) |
Trust today | 4.23 (0.83) | 4.41 (0.71) | 4 (1.14) | 4.36 (1.02) | 4.16 (1.1) |
Training Needs | 29% | 29% | 25% | 36% | 28% |
Incomprehensibility | 59% | 52% | 51% | 36% | 64% |
Operation | 9% | 5% | 25% | 9% | 31% |
System Understanding | 20% | 17% | 3% | 9% | 11% |
System Boundaries | 46% | 47% | 33% | 36% | 33% |
Experienced Misunderstandings | 7% | 0% | 8% | 0% | 7% |
Hidden Functions | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Experimental Condition | |||||||
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Manual | AR | ||||||
Scale | Factor | M | SD | M | SD | t-Test | |
Station I (Onboarding) | |||||||
UEQ-S | Pragmatic Quality | 5.26 | 0.97 | 5.24 | 1.4 | ||
Hedonic Quality * | 3.85 | 1.27 | 5.7 | 1.08 | |||
Overall * | 4.5 | 1.05 | 5.47 | 1.05 | |||
Station III (Autopark) | |||||||
UEQ-S | Pragmatic Quality | 5.52 | 0.87 | 5.87 | 0.85 | ||
Hedonic Quality | 5.9 | 0.89 | 6 | 1.03 | |||
Overall | 5.71 | 0.74 | 5.94 | 0.69 | |||
Trust Scale | Trust | 4.7 | 1.3 | 5.44 | 0.83 | ||
Mistrust | 2.84 | 1.09 | 2.6 | 1.26 | |||
TAM | Perceived Usefulness | 5.46 | 1.55 | 5.35 | 1.5 | ||
Perceived Ease of Use | 5.89 | 0.98 | 6.02 | 1.01 | |||
Attitude Toward Using | 5.86 | 1.07 | 6.01 | 1.21 | |||
Behavorial Intention to Use | 3.38 | 1.1 | 3.65 | 1.02 | |||
Quiz | Overall (max 6 points) | 3.69 | 1.31 | 3.61 | 0.86 |
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Detjen, H.; Degenhart, R.N.; Schneegass, S.; Geisler, S. Supporting User Onboarding in Automated Vehicles through Multimodal Augmented Reality Tutorials. Multimodal Technol. Interact. 2021, 5, 22. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/mti5050022
Detjen H, Degenhart RN, Schneegass S, Geisler S. Supporting User Onboarding in Automated Vehicles through Multimodal Augmented Reality Tutorials. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 2021; 5(5):22. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/mti5050022
Chicago/Turabian StyleDetjen, Henrik, Robert Niklas Degenhart, Stefan Schneegass, and Stefan Geisler. 2021. "Supporting User Onboarding in Automated Vehicles through Multimodal Augmented Reality Tutorials" Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 5, no. 5: 22. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/mti5050022