A virtual reality study concerning participants' anxiety levels when immersed in a virtual reality interaction with an autonomous vehicle was conducted. Five conditions were tested. The examined conditions are based on awareness of the virtual character (driver). During the external awareness conditions the virtual character either focuses on the road traffic or does not. During the internal awareness conditions the virtual character either pays attention to the car or not. For the fifth condition, the virtual character is completely unaware; since a head-mounted display (HMD) was placed on his face. Results, implications, and limitations are discussed.