The role of non-intrusive operator logging to support the analysis and generation of product engineering data using immersive VR

Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-134

  Ritchie, J M ^a   Dewar, R G ^a   Robinson, G ^a   Simmons, J E L ^a   Ng, F M ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Assembly; Cable harness; Design; Experimentation; Immersive virtual reality; Knowledge acquisition; Manufacture; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY ANALYSIS; ASSEMBLY PLANNING; CABLE HARNESS; DATA SOURCE; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING DATA; EXPERIMENTATION; IMMERSIVE; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY; IMMERSIVE VR; INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS; NON-INTRUSIVE; PRODUCT ENGINEERING; SHOP FLOOR;

CABLES; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 34248231474     PISSN: 17452759     EISSN: 17452767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17452750600763947     Document Type: Article

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