- Hans-Jörg Bullinger: Fraunhofer Institute of Industrial Engineering IAO, Nobelstrasse 12, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Electronic innovations that are slowly but surely changing the very nature of driving need to be tested before being introduced to the market. To meet this need a system for integrated virtual prototyping and testing has been developed. Functional virtual prototypes of various traffic systems, such as driver assistance, driver information, and multimedia systems can now be easily tested in a driving simulator by a rapid prototyping approach. The system has been applied in recent R&D projects.