Exploring novel auditory displays for supporting accelerated skills acquisition and enhanced performance in motorsport

Nicholas Powell, Jo Lumsden

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Abstract

This paper explores the design, development and evaluation of a novel real-time auditory display system for accelerated racing driver skills acquisition. The auditory feedback provides concurrent sensory augmentation and performance feedback using a novel target matching design. Real-time, dynamic, tonal audio feedback representing lateral G-force (a proxy for tire slip) is delivered to one ear whilst a target lateral G-force value representing the ‘limit’ of the car, to which the driver aims to drive, is panned to the driver’s other ear; tonal match across both ears signifies that the ‘limit’ has been reached. An evaluation approach was established to measure the efficacy of the audio feedback in terms of performance, workload and drivers’ assessment of self-efficacy. A preliminary human subject study was conducted in a driving simulator environment. Initial results are encouraging, indicating that there is potential for performance gain and driver confidence enhancement based on the audio feedback.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 21st International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD'15)
EditorsKatharina Vogt, Areti Andreopoulou, Visda Goudarz
Place of PublicationGraz (AT)
PublisherUniversity of Music and Performing Arts Graz
Pages173-180
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-902949-01-1
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jul 2015
Event21st International Conference on Auditory Display - Graz, Austria
Duration: 8 Jul 201510 Jul 2015

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Auditory Display
Abbreviated titleICAD'15
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityGraz
Period8/07/1510/07/15

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This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial 4.0 International License. The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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