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The Computer Journal Advance Access published online on August 7, 2009
The Computer Journal, doi:10.1093/comjnl/bxp071
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Computer Society. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

‘MotorcycleSim’: An Evaluation of Rider Interaction with an Innovative Motorcycle Simulator

Alex W. Stedmon1,*, Benjamin Hasseldine1, David Rice1, Mark Young2, Steve Markham3, Michael Hancox1, Edward Brickell1 and Joanna Noble1

1 Centre for Motorcycle Ergonomics and Rider Human Factors, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
2 Human-Centred Design Institute, Brunel University, Middlesex, UK
3 Valentine Technologies Ltd., Hampshire, UK

* Corresponding author: alex.stedmon{at}nottingham.ac.uk

Received 11 November 2008; revised 10 July 2009

This paper describes a user-centred design process that has been used to develop an innovative simulator for research into motorcycle ergonomics and rider human factors. Building on initial user requirements and user experience elicitation exercises, an evaluation was conducted to investigate specific issues associated with simulator fidelity. An experimental approach was employed to examine the physical and functional fidelity of the simulator. Using different steering and visual feedback configurations, a battery of objective and subjective dependent variables were analysed including: user perceptions and preferences, rider performance data, rider workload, rider comfort issues and the first evaluation of simulator sickness for a motorcycle simulator. The results indicated that across a number of measures, aspects of functional fidelity were considered more important than the physical fidelity of the simulator. This evaluation takes the development of the simulator a stage further and the paper provides recommendations for future improvements.

Key Words: motorcycle ergonomics • user requirements • transport simulation • human factors

Handling editor: Peter Robinson


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