ABSTRACT
Technological developments in computing and telecommunications are ushering in the era of ubiquitous connectivity whereby everything and everyone will be connected through a pervasive computing infrastructure. Though tests can be conducted with respect to formally defined specifications of system behaviour, evaluation through user participation permits the use of the system to be observed and user perceptions to be explored. It provides information whilst having little impact on the user's performance on the main task, thus the test subject can choose to glance at this information, as and when necessary, whilst concentrating on the more important information regarding the overall travel scenario, generated by the immersive video system. Although the provision of a timely personalized integrated multimodal information service supporting people on the move remains an aspiration, the goal of this study is to develop a methodology that permits the evaluation of such systems and their impacts on changing traveller behaviour and consequentially supporting demand management objectives.
