%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of Gesture
%A Josef F. Krems
%A Lisa Graichen
%A Matthias Graichen
%J Human Factors
%@ 1547-8181
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0018720818824253
%X We observe the effects of in-vehicle system gesture-based interaction versus touch-based interaction on driver distraction and user experience. Driver distraction is a major problem for traffic safety, as it is a contributing factor to a number of accidents. Visual distraction in particular has a highly negative impact on the driver. One possibility for reducing visual driver distraction is to use new forms of interaction in the vehicle, such as gesture-based interaction. In this experiment, participants drove on a motorway or in a city scenario while using touch-based interaction or gesture-based interaction. Subjective data, such as acceptance and workload, and objective data, including glance behavior, were gathered. As a result, participants rated their subjective impressions of safe driving as higher when using gesture-based interaction. More specifically, acceptance and attractiveness were higher, and workload was lower. The participants performed significantly fewer glances to the display and the glances were much shorter. Gestures are a positive alternative for in-vehicle interaction since effects on driver distraction are less significant when compared to touch-based interaction. Potential application of this research includes interaction design of typical in-vehicle information and entertainment functions
%K in-vehicle interaction systems (IVIS)
%K human-machine interaction (HMI)
%K driver distraction
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0018720818824253