A user study of auditory versus visual interfaces for use while driving

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 318-332

  Sodnik, Jaka ^a,b   Dicke, Christina ^a,c   Tomažič, Sašo ^b   Billinghurst, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory interface; Distraction; Driving simulator; Interaction; Mobile device; Spatial sound; Visual interface

Indexed keywords

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MOBILE DEVICES; USER INTERFACES; VISUAL SERVOING;

AUDITORY INTERFACE; DRIVING SIMULATORS; SPATIAL SOUND; VISUAL INTERFACE;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS;

EID: 41449083713     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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