Abstract
This paper presents the usability evaluation of our developed multi-sensory Virtual Assembly Environment (VAE). The evaluation is conducted by using its three attributes: 1) efficiency of use; 2) user’s satisfaction; and 3) reliability in use. These are addressed by using task completion times (TCTs), questionnaires, and human performance error rates (HPERs), respectively. A peg-in-a-hole and a Sener electronic box assembly tasks have been used as the task cases to perform the experiments, using sixteen participants. The experimental outcomes are analysed and discussed.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Dai, F. (ed.): Virtual Reality for Industrial Application. Springer, Heidelberg (1998)
Jayaram, S., Jayaram, U., Wang, Y., Tirumali, H., Lyons, K., Hart, P.: VADE: A Virtual Assembly Design Environment. IEEE Computer Graphics & Application (November 1999)
Banerjee, P., Zetu, D.: Virtual Manufacturing. John Wiley & Sons, USA (2001)
Marcelino, L., Murray, N., Fernando, T.: A Constraint Manager to Support Virtual Maintainability. Computers & Graphics 27(1), 19–26 (2003)
Ong, S.K., Nee, A.Y.C. (eds.): Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing. Springer, London (2004)
Folmer, E., Bosch, J.: Architecture for Usability: a Survey. Journal of Systems and Software 70(1), 61–78 (2002)
Zhang, Y., Fernando, T.: 3D Sound Feedback Act as Task Aid in a Virtual Assembly Environment. In: Proceedings of Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics 2003 (TPCG 2003). IEEE Computer Society Press, Birmingham (2003)
Zhang, Y., Fernando, T., Sotudeh, R., Xiao, H.: The Use of Visual and Auditory Feedback for Assembly Task Performance in a Virtual Environment. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV 2005). IEEE Computer Society Press, London (2005)
Wickens, C.D., Hollands, J.G.: Engineering Psychology and Human Performance, 3rd edn. Prentice Hall Press, Englewood Cliffs (1999)
Reason, J.: Human Error. Cambridge University Press, New York (1990)
Reason, J.: Managing the Risks of Organisational Accidents. Ashgate, Brookfield (1997)
Norman, D.: The Psychology of Everyday Things. Harper & Row, New York (1988)
Filgueiras, L.: Human Performance Reliability in the Design-for-Usability Life Cycle for Safety Human-Computer Interfaces. In: Felici, M., Kanoun, K., Pasquini, A. (eds.) SAFECOMP 1999. LNCS, vol. 1698, p. 79. Springer, Heidelberg (1999)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2006 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Zhang, Y., Travis, A.R.L. (2006). The Use of Multi-sensory Feedback to Improve the Usability of a Virtual Assembly Environment. In: Zha, H., Pan, Z., Thwaites, H., Addison, A.C., Forte, M. (eds) Interactive Technologies and Sociotechnical Systems. VSMM 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4270. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11890881_9
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11890881_9
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-46304-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-46305-4
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)