Autonomous vehicles are increasingly introduced into our lives. Yet, people's misunderstanding and mistrust have become the major obstacles to the use of these technologies. In response to this problem, proper work must be done to increase public's understanding and awareness and help drivers rationally evaluate the system. The method proposed in this paper is a virtual reality driving simulator which serves as a low-cost platform for autonomous vehicle demonstration and education. To test the validity of the platform, we recruited 36 participants and conducted a test training drive using three different scenarios. The results show that our simulator successfully increased participants' understanding while favorably changing their attitude towards the autonomous system. The methodology and findings presented in this paper can be further explored by driving schools, auto manufacturers, and policy makers, to improve training for autonomous vehicles.

翻译：自动驾驶汽车正日益融入我们的生活。然而，人们的误解与不信任已成为这些技术应用的主要障碍。针对这一问题，需开展适当工作以增进公众的理解与认知，并帮助驾驶员理性评估系统。本文提出的方法是一种虚拟现实驾驶模拟器，可作为低成本的自动驾驶汽车演示与教育平台。为验证该平台的有效性，我们招募了36名参与者，并利用三种不同场景进行了测试驾驶训练。结果表明，我们的模拟器成功提升了参与者的理解水平，并使其对自动驾驶系统的态度发生了有利转变。本文所述的方法与发现可供驾校、汽车制造商及政策制定者进一步探索，以改进自动驾驶汽车培训。