Principal Investigator James Glass
Co-investigators Victor Zue , Stephanie Seneff
Project Website http://groups.csail.mit.edu/sls/research/vehicle.shtml
As the vehicle environment becomes enabled with navigation, media, and other information sources, the conventional human-vehicle interface is seriously challenged. Spoken interaction offers a viable option for people to manage these ever expanding capabilities by reducing their cognitive load - especially in hands-busy, eyes-busy situations.
We are currently exploring an urban navigation scenario where users are asking information about businesses and landmarks within a city. Working with engineers from BMW North America, we have adapted our web-based infrastructure to interact in the vehicle environment so that we can leverage on-board microphones, displays and controls. The video below shows a prototype of the system.