Talk / Mobility
Die Brille: An Exploration of Seeing the AV Smart Windshield Through German-tinted Glasses
Carie Cunningham
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) of the future won't just be the journey, but the destination. Check out our
view through "die brille" in our case study on AV Smart Windshields in Germany.
"Die Brille" or the glasses are simply that glasses you see through. When it comes to glass in the car like the windshield, however, the possibilities go beyond the physical barrier of glass. This is a case study in a condensed 7-minute session to talk about the research question: "What should AV future with multimodal interaction look like?" The quest for the answer takes our USA UX team to Germany where we learn that the future can be seen from many different perspectives, including cultural.
We will walk attendees through our quantitative experiment testing voice, gaze, visual displays, and the windshield with eye trackers and physiological measures. We will also dive into the surprising qualitative data from our post-experiment interviews. The results of the study show us that the windshield can be the biggest piece of glass we can see through and also the one with the most possibilities to see with.
"Seeing the future" is like seeing through a prism. How do we capture a rainbow of color so that everyone's vision of AVs can come to life?
About the speaker
Carie Cunningham
Dr. Carie Cunningham is a Senior User Experience Researcher at Cerence. Responsible for qualitative and
quantitative testing, research, and analysis through the use of focus groups, in-depth interviews, eye
tracking, surveys, and experiments with the DRIVE Lab. Carie has researched users’ preferences of
multiple virtual assistants and the personification of those assistants. She has also tested users’
driving performance while engaged with their infotainment system and voice-enabled technology. Most
recently, Carie has done several exploratory studies on trust and learning around AI and VR. She is
interested in attention and cognitive processing in media communication and interactions. Carie is a
former television news producer and assistant professor.