Virtual reality as a support tool for ergonomic-style convergence: multidisciplinary interaction design methodology and case study

  • Authors:
  • Lionel Bennes;Florence Bazzaro;Jean-Claude Sagot

  • Affiliations:
  • Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), Belfort cedex - France;Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), Belfort cedex - France;Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), Belfort cedex - France

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2012 Virtual Reality International Conference
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

The very competitive industrial context compels companies to fasten every new product design and underestimate the integration of the human factor. In order to keep designing user satisfactory products, a human centered, concurrent and collaborative product design methodology has been proposed. The setting up of this methodology is complicated by the difficulties of collaboration between professions. In order to overcome these difficulties, the use of virtual reality as an intermediate design representation is proposed through the implementation of immersive convergence support tools. In order to develop these specific applications, the ASAP methodology, aiming to assist immersive software designers, is proposed. This methodology is an on-going research work and this paper presents a case study: the design of a support tool for ergonomic-style convergence.