Learning Success in Immersive Virtual Reality Training Environments: Practical Evidence from Automotive Assembly

Schwarz, Stephanie; Regal, Georg; Kempf, Marina; Schatz, Raimund

doi:10.1145/3419249.3420182

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“…For the evaluation and acceptance with the students as an immersive teaching-learning virtual didactic strategy, the Oculus Rift S is the platform that presents the best evaluation ("High") in terms of the graphic quality of the 3D elements, manipulability, immersion, and understanding about the assembly of the four-stroke engine and learning of the main elements thereof, as well as disorientation afterwards its use. These results coincide with earlier similar studies in which virtually trained participants improved their abilities for assembly of the vehicle center console [48]. In the case of the Leap Motion Controller™, it presents "High" qualifications more frequently in the areas of the graphic quality of the 3D elements, manipulability, immersion, and understanding about the assembly of the four-stroke engine and learning of its main elements, as well as ratings of "Low" for disorientation after use; this is attributed to the fact that the Leap Motion Controller™ device is semi-immersive, with the user being able to retain visualization of the real environment at all times.…”

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“…Another aspect that is relevant when implementing Virtual Reality applications is the continuous monitoring and feedback of the use of the application through Big Data Analysis [53], which would allow us to establish use objectives with users and have internal goals and indicators for the expansion of this project, through the design, development, and implementation of new modules, such as the powertrain, suspension, and brake modules, also considering that in this first stage of the project, it was considered to use the factory configuration of the Oculus h Rift S, and have the natural scale of both the engine and the elements of the stage to try to avoid dimensionality problems in terms of virtual objects that are manipulated using the controllers in this engineering application. It is important to consider that in the case of users who had their first experience using the Oculus Rift S, there was disorientation and a longer training time was necessary before use of the application, alternating with breaks [48], and it was during this training that the virtual interaction through the avatar of the hands that manipulate the elements of the four-stroke engine, via the controllers, worked more naturally.…”

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Development of Virtual Reality Automotive Lab for Training in Engineering Students

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A Virtual Reality application was developed to be used as an immersive virtual learning strategy for Oculus Rift S Virtual Reality glasses and through Leap Motion Controller™ infrared sensors, focused on students of the Automotive Systems Engineering academic program, as a practical teaching-learning tool in the context of Education 4.0 and the pandemic caused by COVID-19 that has kept schools closed since March 2020. The technological pillars of Industry 4.0 were used to profile students so that they can meet the demands of their professional performance at the industrial level. Virtual Reality (VR) plays a very important role for the production-engineering sector in areas such as design and autonomous cars, as well as in training and driving courses. The VR application provides the student with a more immersive and interactive experience, supported by 3D models of both the main parts that make up the four-stroke combustion engine and the mechanical workshop scenario; it allows the student to manipulate the main parts of the four-stroke combustion engine through the Oculus Rift S controls and the Leap Motion Controller™ infrared sensors, and relate them to the operation of the engine, through the animation of its operation and the additional information shown for each part that makes it up in the application.

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“…The results showed that, while after one day, traditionally trained operators report lower error rates than AR-trained operators, opposite data are recorded after one week. The impact on learning is also assessed in (Schwarz, Regal, Kempf & Schatz, 2020) which highlighted the potential of virtual reality as positive training transfer into practice and positive skill retention over time compared to conventional training outcomes could be achieved.…”

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Smart operators: How augmented and virtual technologies are affecting the worker's performance in manufacturing contexts

Pasquale

Simone

Miranda

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JIEM

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Purpose: The correct interaction between the workforce and augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies represents a crucial aspect of the success of the smart factory. This interaction is, indeed, affected by the variability of human behavior and its reliability, which can strongly influence the quality, safety, and productivity standards. For this reason, this paper aims to provide a clear and complete analysis of the impacts of these technologies on the performance of operators.Design/methodology/approach: A Systematic Literature Review (SLR) was conducted to identify peer-reviewed papers that focused on the implementation of augmented and virtual technologies in manufacturing systems and their effects on human performance.Findings: In total, 61 papers were selected and thoroughly analyzed. The findings of this study reveal that Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality can be applied for several applications in manufacturing systems with different types of devices, that involve various advantages and disadvantages. The worker’s performance that are influencing by the use of these technologies are above all time to complete a task, error rate and mental and physical workload. Originality/value: Over the years Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality technologies in manufacturing systems have been investigated by researchers. Several studies mostly focused on technological issues, have been conducted. The role of the operator, whose tasks may be influenced positively or negatively by the use of new devices, has been hardly ever analyzed and a deep analysis of human performance affected by these technologies is missing. This study represents a preliminary analysis to fill this gap. The results obtained from the SLR allowed us to develop a conceptual framework that investigates the current state-of-the-art knowledge about the topic and highlights gaps in the current research.

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“…The application of VR to industrial needs has been investigated for several decades, showing the potential to aid, enhance and transform many of industrial tasks and processes [7,8]. With a given flexibility to simulate dangerous contexts and enable natural interactions with virtual objects in immersive virtual environments [7,[9][10][11], VR has been successfully applied in industry to facilitate training [12,13], AR-prototyping [14,15] as well as different phases of product development cycle [7,[16][17][18][19].…”

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Evaluating the Benefits of Collaborative VR Review for Maintenance Documentation and Risk Assessment

Heinonen¹,

Burova

Siltanen³

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Applied Sciences

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Technical documentation creation is a collaborative process involving several departments in R&D. Even though virtual reality (VR) has been demonstrated to facilitate industrial collaboration and advance the product development lifecycle in earlier studies, it has not been utilized for technical documentation review and risk assessment processes in industrial companies. This article presents a case study where the benefits of VR to maintenance documentation reviews and risk assessments were studied. The virtual reality environment was tested by nine domain experts from an industrial company in a user study that replicated their actual real-life industrial collaboration tasks. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected during the study. Our findings show that collaborative VR has the potential to enhance the documentation review and risk assessment processes. Overall, the concept of using virtual reality for documentation review and risk assessment processes was rated positively by participants, and even though further development is needed for the review tools, VR was viewed as a concept that facilitates collaboration, enhances the current review practices, and increases spatial understanding. The benefits of VR are evident, especially for geographically scattered teams that rarely meet face-to-face or do not have access to the actual physical equipment. In cases where traditional means of communication are not enough, process improvements are needed for documentation review and risk assessment processes, and our proposed solution is VR.

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Learning Success in Immersive Virtual Reality Training Environments: Practical Evidence from Automotive Assembly

Cited by 24 publications

References 24 publications

Development of Virtual Reality Automotive Lab for Training in Engineering Students

Development of Virtual Reality Automotive Lab for Training in Engineering Students

Smart operators: How augmented and virtual technologies are affecting the worker's performance in manufacturing contexts

Evaluating the Benefits of Collaborative VR Review for Maintenance Documentation and Risk Assessment

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