Tangible bits: towards seamless interfaces between people, bits and atoms
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human factors in computing systems
Augmented surfaces: a spatially continuous work space for hybrid computing environments
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PlayAnywhere: a compact interactive tabletop projection-vision system
Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Hands-on the process control: users preferences and associations on hand movements
CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Affordance table: a collaborative smart interface for process control
HCI'07 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: applications and services
Human Factors in Ergonomics & Manufacturing
Pre-validation of nuclear power plant control room design
EPCE'11 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Engineering psychology and cognitive ergonomics
Proceedings of the 29th Annual European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
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Design of novel interface technologies is challenging especially when the system is to be used in an advanced process control activity. In this paper, we present the design process of a new interactive operating panel system, "Virtual panels," for a training simulator of a Finnish nuclear power station. The Virtual panel concept has been realized as a part of the training simulator's human-system interface by introducing a set of touch-sensitive wall-mounted and table-top displays. The previously used conventional analogue operating panels provided the model for the new digital panel system. The main design aim has been to be able to capture the quality "look and feel" of the old analogue panel system in digital form. Overall, the Virtual panel development has been an invaluable learning experience for the whole multidisciplinary design team, and many innovative solutions but also defensible compromises has needed to be made in order to realize the new digital operating panel system.