Designing interactive glazing through an engineering psychology approach: Six augmented reality scenarios that envision future car human-machine interface

Abstract

BackgroundWith an increasing number of vehicles becoming autonomous, intelligent, and connected, paying attention to the future usage of car human-machine interface with these vehicles should become more relevant. Several studies have addressed car HMI but were less attentive to designing and implementing interactive glazing for every day (autonomous) driving contexts. MethodsReflecting on the literature, we describe an engineering psychology practice and the design of six novel future user scenarios, which envision the application of a specific set of augmented reality (AR) support user interactions. Additionally, we conduct evaluations on specific scenarios and experiential prototypes, which reveal that these AR scenarios aid the target user groups in experiencing a new type of interaction. The overall evaluation is positive with valuable assessment results and suggestions. ConclusionsThis study can interest applied psychology educators who aspire to teach how AR can be operationalized in a human-centered design process to students with minimal pre-existing expertise or minimal scientific knowledge in engineering psychology.