Behavioral study of how pedestrians perceive electric vehicles in urban environments.

Client

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency)

Context

Electric vehicles such as scooters and pedal scooters represent an increasingly important mode of transport in urban environments. To improve safety and cohabitation in public spaces, this project uses virtual reality to simulate a complete urban environment and study pedestrian behavior. Participants move around on a 200m² surface, faithfully reproducing realistic walking conditions. A succession of varied situations enables precise data to be collected on perception and information acquisition.

Customer benefit

Enrich existing scientific literature and provide a reference framework on urban mobility, helping to better understand and improve interaction between pedestrians and electric vehicles.

Development time

Project carried out in iterative mode over a period of 3 months, then used as part of the study over a period of 2 months:

• Modeling of 3D scenes to validate the environment
• Creation of real-time 3D content for the VR experience
• Implementation of the scenario engine
• Implementation of behavioral data capture
• Set design, VR, video capture, physiological data capture
• Training of scientific teams in the use of the experiment

Team

9 people

Roles

• Project Manager
• Doctor of ergonomics
• 3D graphic designer
• C++ Developer
• Lua Developer
• 3D integrator
• Video director

Technologies

• HARFANG 3D technology
• Meta Quest Pro VR equipment
• Occulometry