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Chapter 4
On-the-Move and in Your Car:
An Overview of HCI Issues
for In-Car Computing
G. E. Burnett
University of Nottingham, UK
ABSTRACT
The introduction of computing and communications technologies within cars raises a range of novel
human-computer interaction (HCI) issues. In particular, it is critical to understand how user-interfaces
within cars can best be designed to account for the severe physical, perceptual and cognitive constraints
placed on users by the driving context. This article introduces the driving situation and explains the
range of computing systems being introduced within cars and their associated user-interfaces. The
overall human-focused factors that designers must consider for this technology are raised. Furthermore,
the range of methods (e.g. use of simulators, instrumented vehicles) available to designers of in-car
user-interfaces are compared and contrasted. Specific guidance for one key system, vehicle navigation,
is provided in a case study discussion. To conclude, overall trends in the development of in-car user-
interfaces are discussed and the research challenges are raised.
INTRODUCTION
a multitude of different purposes, e.g. as part
of work, for visiting friends and family, or for
leisure activities. Likewise, computers are es-
sential to many peoples' regular lives. It is only
relatively recently that these two products have
begun to merge, as computing-related technology
The motor car is an integral part of modern
society. These self-propelled driver-guided ve-
hicles transport millions of people every day for
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