LIV – Virtual Immersion Laboratory

The LiV (Virtual Immersion Laboratory), created in 2011, brings together teams from Renault's Technical Simulation Center and the Image Institute ofArts et Métiers, located in Châlon-sur-Saône.

Three areas of research inform their work:

  • Research on automotive interactions and navigation, visual quality, co-location, and intuitive interfaces, using an immersive room.
  • Realism in driving simulation.
  • Eco-driving based on the human-machine interface.

Researchers are studying, in particular, user interactions with digital models in virtual immersion situations.

For virtual immersion driver assistance systems, they are interested in several questions: how can drivers interact with a digital model of a car in a driving situation without causing simulator sickness? What sensory modalities should be used to enable drivers to interact correctly with driver assistance systems, depending on the situation?