Large scale collaborative autonomous vehicle simulation and analysis using smartphones

Abstract

Simulation appears as an indispensable tool for automotive manufacturers to validate autonomous vehicle development, this latter reported to require billions of miles of driving. To involve the end users in this validation process, a project of large scale public application on smartphone allowing them to test and submit specific use cases, is presented in this paper. A first version of this application “3DAV Explore” has been released and is already available, allowing users to see in Virtual Reality traffic scenarios in subjective view from the autonomous vehicle and/or from an exterior view. This paper details more deeply the development steps and the libraries used for the second version of this application. Further development steps and implications are also detailed in the conclusion.