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In the Right Place at the Right Time? A View at Latency and Its Implications for Automotive Augmented Reality Head-Up Displays

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Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) (IEA 2018)

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Abstract

In the presented study, latency between physical event and displayed content is considered in order to provide a quantifiable criterion. In a driving simulator the influence of a contact-analog lane marker which was subjected to different stages of latency (17 ms, 50 ms, 100 ms) is examined. In total 43 participants took part in this experiment. A detection response task was conducted to evaluate the subjects’ reaction times and cognitive workload [1]. Usability was assessed by applying the system usability scale [2]. Changes in latency have a significant influence on stress and usability. Specifically latencies over 50 ms have a negative effect on the dependent variables. Results suggest that latencies of up to 50 ms are still considered acceptable in terms of usability as evaluated in the implemented use case.

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Acknowledgment

The authors would like to thank Mr. Tobias Schumm and Mr. Johannes Salzberger from Audi AG for their continuing support and expertise during this experiment.

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  1. Chair of Ergonomics, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstr. 15, Garching, Germany

    Matthias Walter, Tim Wendisch & Klaus Bengler

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Correspondence to Matthias Walter .

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  1. University of the Republic of San Marino, San Marino, San Marino

    Sebastiano Bagnara

  2. Centre for Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety, Tuscany Region, Florence, Italy

    Riccardo Tartaglia

  3. Centre for Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety, Tuscany Region, Florence, Italy

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  4. Fraunhofer FKIE, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Thomas Alexander

  5. International Ergonomics Association, Tokyo, Japan

    Yushi Fujita

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Walter, M., Wendisch, T., Bengler, K. (2019). In the Right Place at the Right Time? A View at Latency and Its Implications for Automotive Augmented Reality Head-Up Displays. In: Bagnara, S., Tartaglia, R., Albolino, S., Alexander, T., Fujita, Y. (eds) Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). IEA 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 823. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96074-6_38

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