Development and usability of a novel holographic 3-dimensional user interface using hand-gesture control for a future vehicle application by older adults

摘要

The Deep Orange program immerses automotive engineering students into the world of an OEM as part oftheir graduate education. While developing the program’s seventh vehicle concept, students explored newhuman machine interface concepts with the goal of having a clean, minimal interior design. One outcomeof their ideation process is a concept for a holographic companion that can act as a concierge for allfunctions of the vehicle. After creating a prototype of the holographic display using existing technologiesand developing a user interface controlled by hand gestures, a usability study was performed with olderadults. The results suggest the system was not intuitive. Participants demonstrated better performance withtasks using discrete hand motions in comparison to those that required continuous motions. The data werehelpful to understand the challenges of untrained users interacting with a new HMI system.