Examining the impact of AR Weather Customization on Trust in Autonomous Vehicles
Taha Lamine, Thi Thanh Hoa Tran, Badr Hirchoua, Etienne Peillard, James Walsh
October, 2025
Abstract
This work studies whether allowing passengers to customize AR-simulated weather conditions in an autonomous vehicle affects trust, technology acceptance, usability, and emotional experience. Participants selected among sunny, snowy, rainy, and cloudy conditions before their journey.
Publication
2025 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), pp. 583–589

Thi Thanh Hoa Tran
PhD Student in Virtual Reality
IMT Atlantique
Lab-STICC
CNRS IRL CROSSING
Badr Hirchoua
Researcher
National Higher School of Arts and Crafts (ENSAM)
Hassan II University
Co-author of research on AR weather customization and trust in autonomous vehicles.

Associate Professor
IMT Atlantique
LS2N
CNRS IRL CROSSING
My research focuses on perception and embodied interaction in Virtual and Augmented Reality, including augmented affordances, body perception, and human-system cooperation in immersive environments.

James Walsh
Enterprise Fellow
UniSA