Authors:
Nousias Stavros
1
;
Aris S. Lalos
1
;
Christos Tselios
1
;
Dimitris Bitzas
1
;
Dimitris Amaxilatis
2
;
Ioannis Chatzigiannakis
3
;
Arvanitis Gerasimos
1
and
Konstantinos Moustakas
1
Affiliations:
1
University of Patras, Department of Electrical Engineering, Greece
;
2
Sparkworks ITC Ltd, United Kingdom
;
3
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Keyword(s):
Gamification Ecodriving Augmented reality Virtual reality
Abstract:
Driving style is seen not only to become a significant cause of greenhouse
gas (GHG) and other air pollutant emissions but also a critical parameter
regarding road safety, with huge social & financial adverse effects. In this work
we provide a conceptual architecture of a highly innovative and interactive Serious
Games platform that will empower and guide users to adopt an eco-friendly
driving style. This will be achieved, without distracting users from safe driving,
through a multidisciplinary approach aiming at the development of a user
friendly, unobtrusive multi-player gaming environment, where the users will not
only play collaboratively/competitively using their mobile device but also using
the car itself and their own bodies, thus turning eco-driving into an immersive and
highly motivating experience. The sensing infrastructure of the proposed system
will not only acquire data related to driving from an OBD sensor that will capture
a complex set of parameters related to eco-dr
iving, but will also sense environmental
and physiological parameters of the driver, so as to better position the state
of the system (car) in context (environment, user). The use of virtual user models
and cognitive modeling of the users, will further boost personalization and
adaptation of the game itself with respect to the needs of the individual driver.
The impact of such a holistic and innovative approach is huge and the foundations
laid here are expected to result in a widespread adoption of sensor-based
gamification platforms in areas going far beyond eco-driving.
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