Hybrid mirrors for driving simulators: design, construction and experiments

This paper introduces technology of so called hybrid mirrors incorporated in the system of car driving simulator. It first summarizes general requirements for the simulator visual systems from the point of view of a driver's complex visual perception and states the basic requirements for car rear mirrors visual system; it considers different variants of its implementation. The main part of the paper describes and illustrates an implementation of such system within our full-bodied car driving simulator. Finally an experiment utilizing such enhancement documents in vivo this approach.