Early Prototype Assessment of a New Virtual System for Training Procedural Skills of Automotive Service Operators: LARTE Tool

Abstract

The consortium of the Innovate UK funded Live Augmented Reality Training Environments (LARTE) project, composed of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Holovis International Ltd and The University of Nottingham, developed a new concept of a 3D multiplatform training system to train the procedural skills of service maintenance operators. The LARTE tool was designed on the basis of JLR needs and desiderata. This paper presents the functionalities of the initial prototype of LARTE training system, and outcomes of an evaluation study of the usability of the product.

The Advancement of Virtual Reality in Automotive Market Research: Challenges and Opportunities

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“…; (c) driving simulations and habits [9,24] where automaker employees virtually simulate driving habits, driving vehicle performance, driver distractions analysis, etc. ; (d) training [9,23] where training on car service, maintenance procedures, assembly process, dealers employees interaction with new vehicles, etc. and (e) ergonomics [9,24] where automaker employees understand if the vehicle is ergonomically performing in relation to end users' requirements or if automakers employees can manufacturer the vehicle in an ergonomic way, preventing them from injury during their day-to-day work.…”

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Effectiveness of a multidevice 3D virtual environment application to train car service maintenance procedures

“…Several functions, included in the LARTE-VBT application, can be used by trainers of different industries to set up a virtual experiential activity. For the aim of this paper we report here only the following five main functions of this training application (Borsci et al 2015c):…”