Virtual reality (VR) technologies in education of industrial design

Abstract

Design is an art and art is a design. Today, all industrial products are the result of a design process. Industrial design is a multidisciplinary field of study, which has a goal to create and produce new objects and it focuses on designing of products by using knowledge related with applied science as well as applied arts and various engineering disciplines. Academic programs related to industrial design focus on achieving the proper balance between practicality and aesthetic pleasure. Courses may include graphic and industrial design basics, manufacturing, modelling and visualization, environmental and human interaction in design. Computer aided design software are strongly emphasized. Students constantly observe, model and test their creations. They investigate the optimal ways to design virtually any type of products, including computer interfaces, appliances, furniture, transportation and recreational items. The developments of new interactive technologies have inevitably affected to education of design and art in recent years. VR is an interdisciplinary emerging high technology. VR interfaces, interaction techniques, and devices have been improved greatly in order to provide more natural and obvious modes of interaction and motivational elements and it is an integrated technology combining; 3D graphics, human-computer interaction, sensor, simulation, display, artificial intelligence and network parallel processing. This study presents notable VR systems have been developed for education and the methods of design, such as modelling and visualization.

Comparación entre controles hápticos y tradicionales en educación y entrenamiento para RV

“…La Realidad Virtual es una nueva tecnología que consiste en la generación de ambientes inmersivos en los cuales el usuario tiene la sensación de estar físicamente presente, y puede interactuar con ellos en tiempo real. Hoy en día, se observa una notable expansión de esta tecnología y múltiples investigaciones en diversos campos (Boejen & Grau, 2011;Boychenko, 2017;Yilmaz & Goken, 2016).…”

“…Uno de los mayores retos que afronta la ingeniería en áreas como la computación aplicada, es ofrecer interfaces usables y de calidad con el fin de generar la satisfactibilidad de los usuarios; más aún en tecnologías que han tenido grandes aportes en investigación en los últimos años como lo son la realidad virtual y aumentada (Ma et al, 2014). Algunas áreas que se han visto beneficiadas por los diferentes aportes de estas tecnologías son las medicina (Boejen & Grau, 2011), arquitectura (Boychenko, 2017), educación (Yilmaz & Goken, 2016), entre otros. Las áreas de educación y entrenamiento con el apoyo de la realidad virtual serán el tema central de este estudio.…”