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View article: Evaluating Rich Visual Feedback on Head-Up Displays for In-Vehicle Voice Assistants: A User Study
Evaluating Rich Visual Feedback on Head-Up Displays for In-Vehicle Voice Assistants: A User Study Open
In-vehicle voice assistants face usability challenges due to limitations in delivering feedback within the constraints of the driving environment. The presented study explores the potential of Rich Visual Feedback (RVF) on Head-Up Displays…
View article: Experience 2.0 and Beyond - Engineering Cross Devices and Multiple Realities
Experience 2.0 and Beyond - Engineering Cross Devices and Multiple Realities Open
Today, augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) are found very promising. Even current handheld displays, such as smartphones and tablets, can provide a wide and low budget access to such applications. New devices, like Apple's Vision Pro, smar…
View article: Engaging human-centered design to maintain part manufacturing under reduced workforce restrictions
Engaging human-centered design to maintain part manufacturing under reduced workforce restrictions Open
A central element of industrial production is the manufacturing of finished parts from raw material. Even in highly automated environments, processes like milling still rely on human intervention. On-site human operators play a crucial rol…
View article: Deep Learning-Based Vehicle Speed Prediction for Ecological Adaptive Cruise Control in Urban and Highway Scenarios
Deep Learning-Based Vehicle Speed Prediction for Ecological Adaptive Cruise Control in Urban and Highway Scenarios Open
In a typical car-following scenario, target vehicle speed fluctuations act as an external disturbance to the host vehicle and in turn affect its energy consumption. To control a host vehicle in an energy-efficient manner using model predic…
View article: A Human-Centered Framework for Scalable Extended Reality Spaces
A Human-Centered Framework for Scalable Extended Reality Spaces Open
Mixed and Virtual Reality technologies have been assigned considerable potential to support training and workflows in various domains. However, available solutions are subject to scalability limitations which evoke temporal and cognitive e…
View article: Deep Learning-Based Vehicle Speed Prediction for Ecological Adaptive Cruise Control in Urban and Highway Scenarios
Deep Learning-Based Vehicle Speed Prediction for Ecological Adaptive Cruise Control in Urban and Highway Scenarios Open
In a typical car-following scenario, target vehicle speed fluctuations act as an external disturbance to the host vehicle and in turn affect its energy consumption. To control a host vehicle in an energy-efficient manner using model predic…
View article: Evaluation of the Driving Performance and User Acceptance of a Predictive Eco-Driving Assistance System for Electric Vehicles
Evaluation of the Driving Performance and User Acceptance of a Predictive Eco-Driving Assistance System for Electric Vehicles Open
In this work, a predictive eco-driving assistance system (pEDAS) with the goal to assist drivers in improving their driving style and thereby reducing the energy consumption in battery electric vehicles while enhancing the driving safety a…
View article: Scalable Extended Reality: A Future Research Agenda
Scalable Extended Reality: A Future Research Agenda Open
Extensive research has outlined the potential of augmented, mixed, and virtual reality applications. However, little attention has been paid to scalability enhancements fostering practical adoption. In this paper, we introduce the concept …
View article: Task-based Evaluation of Sentiment Visualization Techniques
Task-based Evaluation of Sentiment Visualization Techniques Open
Sentiment visualization is concerned with visual representation of sentiments, emotions, opinions, and stances typically detected in textual data, for example, charts or diagrams representing negative and positive opinions in online custom…
View article: Spatial Sound in a 3D Virtual Environment: All Bark and No Bite?
Spatial Sound in a 3D Virtual Environment: All Bark and No Bite? Open
Although the focus of Virtual Reality (VR) lies predominantly on the visual world, acoustic components enhance the functionality of a 3D environment. To study the interaction between visual and auditory modalities in a 3D environment, we i…
View article: Ecological Adaptive Cruise Control for City Buses based on Hybrid Model Predictive Control using PnG and Traffic Light Information
Ecological Adaptive Cruise Control for City Buses based on Hybrid Model Predictive Control using PnG and Traffic Light Information Open
This paper proposes an ecological adaptive cruise control (EACC) concept with\nthe primary goal to minimize the fuel consumption in a city bus with an\ninternal combustion engine (ICE). A hybrid model predictive control (HMPC) is\nimplemen…
View article: Ecological Adaptive Cruise Control for City Buses based on Hybrid Model Predictive Control using PnG and Traffic Light Information
Ecological Adaptive Cruise Control for City Buses based on Hybrid Model Predictive Control using PnG and Traffic Light Information Open
This paper proposes an ecological adaptive cruise control (EACC) concept with the primary goal to minimize the fuel consumption in a city bus with an internal combustion engine (ICE). A hybrid model predictive control (HMPC) is implemented…
View article: Implementing Visual Analytics Pipelines with Simulation Data
Implementing Visual Analytics Pipelines with Simulation Data Open
Visual analytics has been widely studied in the past decade both in academia and industry to improve data exploration, minimize the overall cost, and improve data analysis. In this chapter, we explore the idea of visual analytics in the co…
View article: Engineering changes in manufacturing systems supported by AR/VR collaboration
Engineering changes in manufacturing systems supported by AR/VR collaboration Open
Various triggers in manufacturing operations lead to engineering changes, such as the conversion of a machine or changes in the factory layout. In companies, the priority is often to avoid engineering changes as they are time-intensive and…
View article: Impact-visualization to evaluate resource efficiency of technical Product-Service Systems
Impact-visualization to evaluate resource efficiency of technical Product-Service Systems Open
Evaluation and optimization of the environmental performance of technical Product-Service Systems (PSS) require new approaches and tools to analyze the service effects on the resource efficiency of PSS. Manifold interdependencies between e…
View article: Text/Conference Paper
Text/Conference Paper Open
We have perceived barriers that prevent requirements engineers from contributing properly to the development of the software systems that underpin the digital transformation. We have also realized that breaking down each of these barriers …
View article: Improving collaboration efficiency via diverse networked mobile devices
Improving collaboration efficiency via diverse networked mobile devices Open
We introduce a framework for distributed or co-located teams to collaborate highly efficiently using diverse mobile devices for design and assessment of complex systems. Our framework enhances the efficiency of collaborations arising in de…
View article: Dependency Graph Based on User Taxonomy and Related Parameters for more Efficient Collaborative Work
Dependency Graph Based on User Taxonomy and Related Parameters for more Efficient Collaborative Work Open
Collaboration, performed by a large group of experts of diverse fields and competences, is a time-demanding and complex process. It is crucial to provide tools to facilitate the identification and manipulation of interdependencies as well …
View article: Accelerated single ray tracing for wide vector units
Accelerated single ray tracing for wide vector units Open
Utilizing the vector units of current processors for ray tracing single rays through Bounding Volume Hierarchies has been accomplished by increasing the branching factor of the acceleration structure to match the vector width. A high branc…
View article: Understanding User Requirements and Expectations for Car/Ride Sharing Smartwatch Apps
Understanding User Requirements and Expectations for Car/Ride Sharing Smartwatch Apps Open
Car/ride sharing concepts are getting more and more popular, mainly due to the more economical and environment-friendly nature. Most of the popular car/ride service providers offer specialized mobile apps so that users can access their ser…
View article: An Interactive Visual Representation to Explore Association with Hierarchical Social Circles
An Interactive Visual Representation to Explore Association with Hierarchical Social Circles Open
Showing the relations between the contacts of an ego network, a subset of a large social network, and these contacts' associations to different social circles enables us exploring inside behavior of the underlying ego network. Normally, th…
View article: Criteria Catalogue for Collaborative Environments
Criteria Catalogue for Collaborative Environments Open
Computer supported collaborative work supports the interaction and joint task solving between humans by setting a machine or computer in-between. Similarly, collaborative environments support decision-makings incorporating different points…
View article: TExVis: An Interactive Visual Tool to Explore Twitter Data
TExVis: An Interactive Visual Tool to Explore Twitter Data Open
Exploring tweets enables us understanding people's reaction and feedback regarding any particular event or product. Many tools have been developed to visualize Twitter data based on some criteria, e.g., keyword frequency or evolution of to…
View article: MoCon-VR: Motion Control in Mobile Virtual Realty Applications through Smartwatches
MoCon-VR: Motion Control in Mobile Virtual Realty Applications through Smartwatches Open
The high processing capabilities of current smartphones and the availability of wearable Virtual Reality (VR) toolkits make it possible for normal users to use VR environments on go for gaming or learning. However, users normally need to u…
View article: Heuristics for Evaluating Multi-Touch Gestures in Mobile Applications
Heuristics for Evaluating Multi-Touch Gestures in Mobile Applications Open
Multi-touch gesture interaction is one of the main features that differentiate the current smart mobile era from the desktop-computing era. Heuristic evaluation is a popular usability evaluation method, mainly due to being less time-consum…