CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); B60K 2370/149 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1529 (2019.05); B60K 2370/31 (2019.05); G02B 2027/0181 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. A method performed by a vehicle feature evaluation system for enabling evaluation of a simulated vehicle-related feature, the method comprising:
determining in relation to a road-driven vehicle, with support from a tracking system, an orientation of a head mounted display, HMD, adapted to be worn by an occupant on-board the road-driven vehicle or a position and gaze direction of the occupant on-board the road-driven vehicle;
determining a simulated vehicle design feature to be evaluated in the road-driven vehicle; and
providing in real-time to a HMD display of the HMD or another display visible to the occupant, taking into consideration the HMD orientation or the position and gaze direction, a virtual representation of the simulated vehicle design feature superimposed on a real-time surrounding-showing image derived from real-world perception sensor data captured with support from one or more vehicle-attached perception sensors adapted to capture surroundings internal or external to the road-driven vehicle, wherein the virtual representation of the simulated vehicle design feature replaces an excluded portion of the real-time surrounding-showing image, and wherein the virtual representation of the simulated vehicle design feature and the replaced excluded portion of the real-time surrounding-showing image are varied based on the HMD orientation or the position and gaze direction.
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