Gesture Bike: Examining Projection Surfaces and Turn Signal Systems for Urban Cycling
Paper in proceeding, 2015

Interactive surfaces could be employed in urban environments to make people more aware of moving vehicles, showing drivers' intention and the subsequent position of vehicles. To explore the usage of projections while cycling, we created a system that displays a map for navigation and signals cyclist intention. The first experiment compared the task of map navigation on a display projected on a road surface in front of the bicycle with a head-up display (HUD) consisting of a projection on a windshield. The HUD system was considered safer and easier to use. In our second experiment, we used projected surfaces to implement concepts inspired by Gibson's perception theory of driving that were combined with detection of conventional cycling gestures to signal and visualize turning intention. The comparison of our system with an off-the-shelf turn signal system showed that gesture input was easier to use. A web-based follow-up study based on the recording of the two signalling systems from the perspective of participants in traffic showed that with the gesture-projector system it was easier to understand and predict the cyclist intention.

Projector

Gibson

Head-up-display

Turn Signal

Cycling

Bicycle

Map Navigation

Author

Alexandru Dancu

Chalmers, Applied Information Technology (Chalmers), Interaction design

Velko Vechev

Chalmers, Applied Information Technology (Chalmers)

Ayca Unluer

Yildiz Technical University

Simon Nilson

Chalmers, Applied Information Technology (Chalmers)

Oscar Nygren

Chalmers, Applied Information Technology (Chalmers)

Simon Eliasson

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers)

Jean-Elie Barjonet

Chalmers, Applied Information Technology (Chalmers)

Joe Marshall

University of Nottingham

Morten Fjeld

Chalmers, Applied Information Technology (Chalmers), Interaction design

10th ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, ITS 2015; Funchal, Madeira; Portugal; 15 November 2015 through 18 November 2015

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Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Transport

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Innovation and entrepreneurship

Subject Categories

Interaction Technologies

Human Aspects of ICT

DOI

10.1145/2817721.2817748

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