Effectiveness of MR to enhance drivers’ perception of turnability

The automotive industry faces the challenge of determining whether Mixed Reality displays (MR), which are expensive, outperform traditional head-down displays in depicting Advanced Driver Antoine MORICE Systems (ADAS). We designed a novel ecological interface for an ADAS to enhance drivers’ perception of Turnability - an affordance specifying the possibility of crossing a narrow orthogonal alleyway following a forward constant-curvature turn. We augmented the perception of turnability with configural (head-down) and conformal (MR) displays. Overall, both displays improved drivers’ decision-making. However, the configural display is not only superior but also rated as more usable than the conformal display by the drivers.