TY - JOUR A1 - Stadler, Sebastian A1 - Cornet, Henriette A1 - Frenkler, Fritz T1 - Towards user acceptance of autonomous vehicles: a virtual reality study on human-machine interfaces JF - International Journal of Technology Marketing: : IJTMkt N2 - Technological advances in businesses related to automated transportation raise challenges. Indeed, ensuring safety for users is essential for the future commercial launch of this technology. Within this study, human-machine interfaces (HMIs) are evaluated regarding the communication between autonomous vehicles (AVs) and pedestrians in order to prepare a successful deployment of the technology on the market. Since real-life experiments involving AVs remain dangerous, experiments were conducted via virtual reality (VR). The results show that beyond the need for HMIs, display-based concepts were more usable than laser projections. The study impacts on: 1) substantiating the need for explicit HMIs on AVs (including concept recommendations) for a successful market entry; 2) proving that VR constitutes an advantageous alternative for conducting experiments in the field of autonomous transportation for both research and business. Further work is needed that involves more participants and an improved virtual environment. KW - virtual reality KW - autonomous mobility KW - human-machine interfaces KW - HMIs KW - usability testing KW - pedestrian safety KW - pedestrian simulator KW - pedestrian behaviour KW - evaluation of interfaces KW - head-mounted display Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTMKT.2019.104601 SN - 1741-8798 SN - 1741-878X VL - 13 IS - 3/4 PB - Inderscience Enterprises CY - Olney, Bucks ER -