Contemporary automotive infotainment solutions to empower front-seat passengers

2018-06-01
Şen, Güzin
Şener Pedgley, Bahar
Jump, Mike
Automotive infotainment systems have neglected front-seat passengers’ needs as they have not been the primary users of the car. Recently R&D efforts in academia and the automotive industry have been directed towards empowering front-seat passengers. Front-seat passengers can spend substantial time in the car accompanying the driver, but without having sufficient means to entertain themselves. This paper first briefly introduces the (front-seat) passenger-oriented studies in automotive user experience (UX) literature and concept cars presented in several automotive or technology shows in 2015-2016. The identified solutions are then categorized based on the varied dimensions of the infotainment experience. This helps the understanding of diverse aspects of the innovations including: novelties in in-car interactions based on embodiment of interaction technologies; new functionalities/infotainment features; and hedonic or pragmatic contributions to the passenger experience. However, there is still a need to investigate the link between the dimensions of front-seat passenger experience to prevent the users being exposed to underexplored technology-driven designs.
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Citation Formats
G. Şen, B. Şener Pedgley, and M. Jump, “Contemporary automotive infotainment solutions to empower front-seat passengers,” Limerick, İrlanda, 2018, vol. 6, p. 2246, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/73234.