Evaluation of customer impressions using virtual prototypes in the internet environment

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-127

  Kim, Chulwoo ^a   Lee, Cheol ^b   Lehto, Mark R ^a   Yun, Myung Hwan ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Customer impressions; Internet; Product design; Virtual prototyping; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INTERIOR; COST EFFECTIVE; CUSTOMER IMPRESSIONS; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; DESIGN ELEMENTS; EARLY STAGE OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; INTERNET BASED; INTERNET ENVIRONMENT; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPE; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING; VIRTUAL-REALITY ENVIRONMENT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INTERNET; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RATING; SALES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EXPERIMENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 79951518120     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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