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Client

AustriaTech

Year

2018

Category

VR

C-ITS (Cooperative Intelligent Transport System) VR Driver

C-ITS Driver is a visually impressive and entertaining way to demonstrate the workings of an intelligent and cooperative transportation system using VR.

C-ITS VR Driver - driver mode

About the client

AustriaTech deals with solutions for efficient and sustainable as well as future-oriented mobility issues.

“The C-ITS Demonstrator provides very playful and low-barrier access to Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS). It manages to take away all the technical complexities of the topic and focus on the actual end-user experience, which is an increase of safety and comfort on the road. I used the C-ITS Demonstrator at various locations all over Europe, showcasing it to high-level governmental representatives, professionals working in the field of C-ITS, people who had never heard about it before, as well as to students and children. The reactions were always – and I mean always – enthusiastic. Users enjoyed to play around in the god mode and witnessing C-ITS from the driver’s perspective. At the same time, I could tell them something about the technical background. Professionals and laypeople equally appreciated the easy access of this VR to what would otherwise be a very complex topic.”

—Alexander Hausmann, Project Manager AustriaTech

The Challenge

As part of their communication strategy during trade fairs, non-profit-organization AustriaTech was in search of a visually-impactful and entertaining way to demonstrate the functioning of the soon-to-be-released C-ITS, a set of intelligent, cooperative transport systems, in EU highways. For this purpose, they chose VR as the perfect medium to transmit the message due to its ability to deliver complex information in a simple, efficient, and memorable way.

The Solution

The C-ITS Demonstrator is a VR driver education & awareness tool we created to illustrate the functioning, safety, and efficiency of the C-ITS in different traffic situations. The minimalist, yet informative interface allowed AustriaTech representatives to verbally present the case studies while using the VR Demonstrator as an interactive visual aid. By combining both personal and virtual engagement, users were able to visually assimilate high volumes of complex data while having an expert available to answer all their questions at any time. 

The experience included four of the most common scenarios in mobility systems: road obstructions, roadside works, traffic jams, and fog.

It featured two modes: a 'God view' perspective and a driver view.

The God-view mode displayed all scenarios as interactive planets connected to the central traffic management center. In this planets, users could see the interaction between the traffic management center and the roadside units and vehicles.

The driver mode allowed users to select a world from the God-view mode and visualize it from a more detailed ego perspective. In both cases, users could interact with their environment and teleport themselves to different situations using motion controllers.

To stand out from the formal tradeshow environment, the C-ITS Demonstrator offered a stylized, colorful, and entertaining world, complemented by composed music and sound effects, to round off the positive emotional impact on the user.

The Result

Due to the high success and strikingly positive feedback of this project, AustriaTech used the C-ITS Demonstrator in several other local and international tradeshows. The highly visual, hands-off approach of learning about the C-ITS using VR proved to be an effective tool to satisfy the curiosity of tradeshow visitors and engage their interest in learning about the C-ITS. It also offered AustriaTech presenters a distraction-free and engaging medium that allowed them to boost the attention of their audience significantly.

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