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Gaming in Autonomous cars

Researchers have designed multiplayer games where occupants of autonomous vehicles can play with other players in self-driving cars within near distance.



The study, led by researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada, details three games created for level three and higher semi-autonomous vehicles.

The researchers also made suggestions for many exciting types of in-car games for future exploration.

"As autonomous vehicles start to replace conventional vehicles, occupants will have much more free time than they used to," said study researcher Matthew Lakier.

"You will be able to play games with other people in autonomous vehicles nearby when the car is driving itself. The games will be imposed on top of the actual world, so drivers won't have to take their eyes off the road, " Lakier added.

In developing the three games, the researchers first undertook an extensive literature review to identify gaps in previous research done about autonomous vehicles and found that not much attention has been given to cross-car games.

They then developed a virtual reality (VR) driving simulator to render the car cabin, outside environment, and roadway with artificially controlled cars and intelligent computer-controlled players.

Twelve participants evaluated the three cross-car games.

They played the games, with occasional take-over tasks, completed the Player Experience Inventory questionnaire to measure player experience, and answered questions in a semi-structured interview.

"Overall, the participants rated the games highly in immersion, there was a positive response to the incorporation of HUDs in the games, and the different game styles did not significantly impact the take-over task completion time. All games were popular for different reasons," said Lakier

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[ach1lles]

Take a full measure and create an AR/VR connected world where you use the actual car controls to race against others on a track or street of your choice. A real life emulation of Need for Speed.

Make it seem and feel like you’re racing in an actual car on an actual track with physics simulators, sounds and all the NVH hell of race cars. Race cars will be unlockable with money and in-life victories.

Bruh. I think I just solved autonomous cars.

[GTO]

Here's a related video that I'd shared in my Electric Cars article (Electric Cars...through the eyes of a diehard petrol-head) - the kids absolutely loved it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sElX8cclBYs

[Mortis]

But can they run Crysis ?? Gamers will get the joke.

In all seriousness there is very little chance of this taking off long term. Sure when it's a newly added feature to the car you might want to try it out but then after a while the multiplayer aspect will start getting annoying. Imagine you get a request from every car you pass to the tune of " Hiiieee fraand. Tum gemz khloge mre 7 ????" Followed by more emojis than permitted per Tbhp post