Put During the concept phase of product development, designers must evaluate complex engineering scenarios. The usability test is an effective method to find out the design correctness regarding to use of the certain technical solutions. The commonly used usability test is performed on the physical mock-ups, and it is expensive test for new designed machines. Performance predictions and functional evaluations are possible long before real prototype test results become available. However, with the rise in model complexity, data quantity, computing performance, and accuracy, we increasingly find ourselves lacking the tools, methods, and metaphors to deal with the information generated. One of the most important applications of virtual reality (VR) technology has been for requirements analysis using virtual prototypes. The appeal of using VR is from saving the cost of physical mock-ups and prototypes, especially for complex systems. The paper presents a Virtual Reality (VR) technique as environment for the 3D model of the new designed systems and performs the usability tests to improve the designed system performance. The paper presents and investigates the results of applying usability test in a virtual environment for a sample mining machine.
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ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis
July 12–14, 2010
Istanbul, Turkey
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Heikki Handroos,
Heikki Handroos
LUT, Lappeenranta, Finland
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Amir Soleimani
Amir Soleimani
LUT, Lappeenranta, Finland
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Hassan Yousefi
LUT, Lappeenranta, Finland
Heikki Handroos
LUT, Lappeenranta, Finland
Amir Soleimani
LUT, Lappeenranta, Finland
Paper No:
ESDA2010-25431, pp. 603-611; 9 pages
Published Online:
December 28, 2010
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Yousefi, H, Handroos, H, & Soleimani, A. "Usability Test in a Virtual Environment: A Case Study Based on a Mining Machine." Proceedings of the ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, Volume 4. Istanbul, Turkey. July 12–14, 2010. pp. 603-611. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ESDA2010-25431
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