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: Received: 31 July 2018 / Approved: 31 July 2018 / Online: 31 July 2018 (16:18:10 CEST)
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KUOCH, S.; Nowakowski, C.; Hottelart, K.; Reilhac, P.; Escrieut, P. Designing an Intuitive Driving Experience in a Digital World. Preprints2018, 2018070629. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201807.0629.v1
KUOCH, S.; Nowakowski, C.; Hottelart, K.; Reilhac, P.; Escrieut, P. Designing an Intuitive Driving Experience in a Digital World. Preprints 2018, 2018070629. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201807.0629.v1
KUOCH, S.; Nowakowski, C.; Hottelart, K.; Reilhac, P.; Escrieut, P. Designing an Intuitive Driving Experience in a Digital World. Preprints2018, 2018070629. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201807.0629.v1
APA Style
KUOCH, S., Nowakowski, C., Hottelart, K., Reilhac, P., & Escrieut, P. (2018). Designing an Intuitive Driving Experience in a Digital World. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201807.0629.v1
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KUOCH, S., Patrice Reilhac and Pierre Escrieut. 2018 "Designing an Intuitive Driving Experience in a Digital World" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201807.0629.v1
Abstract
As we approach the 135th anniversary of the automobile, two industry trends, automation and digitalization, are rapidly revolutionizing the thus far, relatively unchanged automotive user experience. This paper describes the development of the Valeo MyMobius user interface concept. The goal of this project was to explore how to achieve an intuitive driving experience as the automotive industry undergoes transition from primarily analog to primarily digital interfaces and from physical buttons to multimodal interactions. To achieve the perception of intuitiveness, designers must understand their users, find and reduce physical and cognitive friction points, and bridge knowledge gaps with interface designs that facilitate discovery and learnability. The Valeo MyMobius concept featured steering wheel touch displays that supported quick, frequent menu selections using swiping gestures (common in smartphone interactions) and reinforcing icons (to facilitate learnability). Learning algorithms personalized the experience by tailoring suggestions, while more complex interactions were handled with a conversational voice assistant, which also served as a driving copilot, capable of contextually suggesting when Advanced Driving Assistance System (ADAS) features such as ACC could be utilized. The visual design aesthetic embodied Kenya Hara’s design philosophy of “Emptiness,” reducing visual clutter and creating spaces that are ready to receive inspiration and information. Altogether, the Valeo MyMobius concept demonstrated an attainable future where the perception of intuitiveness can be achieved with today’s technologies.
Keywords
user experience, UX, user interface, user interaction, automotive cockpit design, intuitive driving, driving automation, digitalization, personalization, Valeo Mobius, Valeo MyMobius.
Subject
Engineering, Automotive Engineering
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
