Advances in Virtual Reality and Vision for Driving Safety
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 31
Special Issue Editor
Interests: driving safety; road behavior; distracted driving; binocular vision; visual impairment; aging
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the rapid development of virtual reality (VR), computer vision, and intelligent sensing technologies has opened new opportunities for improving driving safety. Road accidents remain a major global challenge, and innovative solutions are urgently needed to enhance driver awareness, prevent collisions, and support safer mobility. Vision is the most critical sensory function in driving, with impairments such as reduced acuity, visual field loss, and delayed visual processing significantly increasing accident risk. Advances in vision science, combined with VR-based simulation and computer vision systems, enable more accurate assessment of visual performance, early detection of risk factors, and the design of targeted interventions.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue. It aims to bring together cutting-edge research and practical applications that explore how immersive technologies, vision-based monitoring, and visual function assessment can improve driver performance, assess risks, and ultimately reduce traffic accidents.
For this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Virtual reality applications for driver training, rehabilitation, and simulation;
- Vision-based driver monitoring, fatigue detection, and behavior analysis;
- Visual function assessment, impairment detection, and their impact on driving safety;
- Intelligent road perception, advanced driver assistance systems (ADASs), and autonomous driving.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Carolina Ortiz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- virtual reality
- driving safety
- computer vision
- visual function
- driver monitoring
- simulation
- road perception
- distracted driving
- ADAS
- autonomous vehicles
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