Product interface design: A participatory approach based on virtual reality

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 254-269

  Bruno, Fabio ^a   Muzzupappa, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Participatory design; Product interface design; Usability; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNEL; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DESIGN PROCESS; FOCUS GROUPS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT; INTERFACE DESIGNS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; PRODUCT INTERFACE DESIGN; USABILITY EVALUATION; VIRTUAL INTERFACES; VIRTUAL PRODUCTS;

EXPERIMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; STOVES; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY; WASHERS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 77649336827     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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