Development of an Integrated Augmented Reality Testing Environment and Implementation at the American Center for Mobility

Final ReportIn this project, we developed an integrated solution for autonomous vehicle testing, in which the naturalistic driving environment(NDE) is combined with the augmented reality (AR) testing system. The integrated solution is implemented at American Center for Mobility (ACM). With the NDE, realistic virtual traffic flow can be generated in the testing environment and the real testingAV can interact with virtual background vehicles. The NDE is developed based on large-scale naturalistic driving data to ensure high fidelity. With AR techniques, the information between the simulation world and the physical world can be communicated and synchronized. Moreover, augmented images with virtual background vehicles can be rendered using the AR system. The developed system facilitates the testing processes of AV safety performance with low operational costs and high evaluation accuracy.U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technologyhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175979/1/Development of an Integrated Augmented Reality Testing Environment and Implementation at the American Center for Mobility Final Report.pdfDescription of Development of an Integrated Augmented Reality Testing Environment and Implementation at the American Center for Mobility Final Report.pdf : Final Repor