VR E-Scooter Simulator

Woongchan Cho, Junhyuk Yang, Taeyun Ha

Seoul National University

A VR electric scooter simulator with a realistic riding device and 3D scenarios, designed to improve rider skills and safety through immersive training and evaluation.

Gold prize at 2024 SNU Creative Fair

We developed a VR-based e-scooter simulator to provide a safe and controlled environment for training and evaluating e-scooter riders.

Overview

This project consists of a Unity-based electric scooter simulator that blends realistic driving physics, traffic and pedestrian interaction, and hardware integration for immersive training and evaluation.

By leveraging Arduino-based serial communication, the platform enables custom physical controllers — such as handlebars, throttle, and braking systems — to seamlessly interact with the simulation for fully immersive, hardware-linked training sessions.

Simulation

Simulation environmentUnity-based simulation environment for VR e-scooter training.

Process

Hardware design and woodworking for the e-scooter simulator
01Hardware design & woodworking
Actuator integration into the simulator hardware
02Actuator integration
Arduino integration with the physical simulator controls
03Arduino integration
The completed VR e-scooter simulator
04Final version