Recent advances on the OSU virtual environment system test-bed and its applications

This paper describes The Ohio State University Virtual Environment System (OSU-VES), a tool that has been developed to be used for design and testing in automotive research. First, RoadEZ, The Virtual Environment Builder, and VeSim, The Virtual Environment Simulator will be presented, followed by new concepts of triggering events, generic modules and real world tracking with transition. Next, three applications of OSU-VES will be explained, which are, Control Authority Transition System development and testing; human factors research on driver distractions; and remote presence providing.