Toyota North America Twin Seat Driving Simulator
Building on the success of the previous Toyota-Microsoft Twin-Seat Driving Simulator, it was decided by Toyota’s North American division to commission a second variant with a fresh design for the lobby of their headquarters as an interactive showpiece highlighting their connected car program. Similar to the previous system developed for Toyota & Microsoft, this revised version features the following data collection systems:
1. Kinect camera collecting body language data from the driver/passenger.
2. Intel RealSense camera with eye-tracking functionality for collecting driver eye movements.
3. Heart-rate monitors for both the driver and passenger to collect biometric data for analysis.
4. Telemetry software powered by Microsoft Azure for mapping scenarios & human reactions.
I was responsible for the design of the composite dashboard/center console/tail wrap components which integrated with the D-BOX actuator powered motion platform & housed the seats, console-mounted Microsoft Surface, control box, and the steering/pedal systems.
The completed simulator currently resides in Toyota North America’s main headquarters in Plano, Texas.
Toyota Twin Seat Driving Simulator CAD Design
Toyota Twin Seat Driving Simulator