Standards for Virtual Reality Help Tired Truckers Stay Alert
This Article tells us about a group of researcher from American National Standards Institute that are trying to develop a system that would help tired truck drivers by using virtual reality. As we know truck drivers spend most of his/her days on the road without getting enough rest because of their jobs, this is a big problem because their lack of sleep can make them lose their live and other people’s. Researcher’s believe they can minimize the casualties by using VR system to help the driver by showing them the “way”, literally. They’re developing a system that record the truck driver abnormal and hazardous steering into a VR system, but to do this the test subject must first deprived of their sleep to simulate a couple-of-days-without-sleep-environment.
After their hazardous and abnormal way of steering has been installed unto the VR system, then that system can be installed directly into their vehicle (in this case trucks). When the drivers are back on the road and showing an abnormal driving pattern such as zig-zaging, swerling, and even oversteering due to slower reflexes, the system will then alert the driver via audio and visual cue. Once alerted and possibly awakened the driver can then pull over to safety and rest. But because this system is still in experimental stage, there’s still many flaws and bugs to worked with, and will not be released to the public untill further notice.
