Driver assistance systems are currently evaluated using standardized test procedures as defined, for example, by Euro NCAP, but which only represent a narrow, idealized spectrum of real-life situations. Test conditions hardly take into account the variability that occur in everyday traffic – adverse weather conditions ...

In interdisciplinary human-computer interaction (HCI) research, user studies are essential. Due to easy attainability, flexible schedules, etc., these studies are primarily conducted with students. Depending on the application, however, this often does not yield results that are representative of the respective target ...

Conversational user interfaces have recently gained in popularity, for example in chatbot systems for customer service or as intelligent assistants on Smartphones or other IoT devices. However, conversational banking interfaces have also found their way into the mobile banking sector and allow banks to offer their customers ...

Missing knowledge of methods for questioning people with alternate cognition may limit the significance of the results through inadequate question and survey design. This does not only affect surveys targeting people with disabilities, but also exclusion of people with disabilities in surveys may cause biased results. ...

Due to remote working models, which were strengthened by the COVID-19 pandemic, it became highly relevant to digitalize onsite service desk consultations. Virtual enterprise assistants which simplify the interaction with in-company services provide similar advantages to their popular peers in customer service: high ...

Modern vehicles allow control by the driver with multimodal user interfaces (UIs), touch interaction on screens, speech input, and mid-air gestures. Such UIs are driver-focused and optimized for limited distraction to not compromise road safety in manual driving. Nevertheless, they are often complex and it might be ...

Automation and electromobility are disruptive technologies within the automotive industry at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century. Both technologies combined are inherent in high potential to lower fuel/energy consumption and increase overall efficiency and thus sustainability in the transportation ...

Although the number of cycling accidents increases, technology to improve traffic flow and safety was predominantly researched in the context of motor-powered vehicles in the past. While new assistance systems are being installed for driving safety in passenger cars, a similar development is lacking for bicycles. Although ...

With the increasing development of mixed reality (MR), the number of its purposes and applications in vehicles increases. Mixed reality may help to increase road safety, allow drivers to perform nondriving related tasks (NDRTs), and enhance passenger experiences. MR can also be helpful in the transition towards automated ...