Publication
Towards System-Mediated Car Passenger Communication
Angela Mahr; Margarita Pentcheva; Christian Müller
In: Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications. International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI-09), September 21-22, Essen, Germany, ACM Press, 9/2009.
Abstract
In this paper, we outline a system that supports the communication between passengers by transmitting speech (and maybe also video) of the communication partners back and forth. A study is presented that addresses the questions: 1. Is listening to noisy speech coming from the backseat really distracting the driver? Subjects are rating the truth of common-sense statements played from the back of the car (clear, noisy) while driving with a drive simulator. NOISY is rated significantly more distracting than CLEAR while objective driving performance only degrades for men but not for women.