Co-Drive: the experience of a shared car trip between a driver and a remote passenger

Co-Drive is a service concept that allows social virtual travelling by car between a driver of a vehicle and a remote passenger connected via virtual reality from home. The Co-Drive concept enables novel social interactions between a driver and a remote passenger who are unknown to each other and it aims to foster new social encounters, for example intergenerational ones between elderly remote passengers (with reduced mobility and travel possibilities) and younger drivers. At ISMAR 2021, Co-Drive will be demonstrated as a way to foster casual and unfocused encounters between unknown conference attendees.