A comparative assessment of subjective experience in simulator and on-road driving under normal and time pressure driving conditions. Issue 1 (2nd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pawar, Nishant Mukund; Yadav, Ankit Kumar; Velaga, Nagendra R.
• Is Part Of: International journal of injury control and safety promotion. Volume 30:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 116
• Page End: 131
• Publication Date: 2023-01-02
• Subjects: Driving simulator -- simulator sickness -- time pressure -- mental workload -- sense of presence; Wounds and injuries -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Wounds and Injuries -- prevention & control -- Periodicals; Consumer Product Safety -- Periodicals; 363.107
• DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2022.2114091
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1745-7300

Abstract

Abstract: This study conducts a comparative assessment of subjective experience of real-world and simulated world driving for investigating factors leading to simulator sickness. Thirty professional car drivers drove a fixed-base driving simulator in real and simulated worlds under No Time Pressure (NTP) and Time Pressure (TP) driving conditions. Drivers rated their perceptions based on real-world driving and simulator driving experiences after each driving session with respect to three factors: simulator sickness, mental workload, and sense of presence. The structural equation model results revealed that drivers experienced high mental workload due to TP driving conditions (factor loading = 0.90) and repeated exposure to simulated world (factor loading = 0.20) which induced simulator sickness (factor loading = 0.41) and resulted in low sense of presence (factor loading = −0.18). Thus, it can be concluded that lack of experience with virtual reality induced high simulator sickness, increased mental workload, and low sense of presence.