TY - JOUR
T1 - HOW DOES VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) FACILITATE DESIGN? A REVIEW OF VR USAGE IN EARLY-STAGE ENGINEERING DESIGN
AU - Liao, Ting
AU - She, Jinjuan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Virtual reality (VR) has been widely used in engineering design in different ways. It has the potential to enhance some design aspects, such as visualization and interaction, but might be incapable of solving the others. There are no consensus or general guidelines on how VR can facilitate design processes. This paper aims to understand how VR is currently used in engineering design at an early stage, so that researchers and practitioners can better know when and how to use VR for efficient design activities. Specifically, this paper reviews the research questions and applications addressed by using VR technology. The study helps identify the design questions currently studied, and gaps to be filled in order to use VR effectively for optimal design outcomes. This review also provides guidelines about when and how to use VR in design research and practices.
AB - Virtual reality (VR) has been widely used in engineering design in different ways. It has the potential to enhance some design aspects, such as visualization and interaction, but might be incapable of solving the others. There are no consensus or general guidelines on how VR can facilitate design processes. This paper aims to understand how VR is currently used in engineering design at an early stage, so that researchers and practitioners can better know when and how to use VR for efficient design activities. Specifically, this paper reviews the research questions and applications addressed by using VR technology. The study helps identify the design questions currently studied, and gaps to be filled in order to use VR effectively for optimal design outcomes. This review also provides guidelines about when and how to use VR in design research and practices.
KW - Conceptual design
KW - Design for X (DfX)
KW - Evaluation
KW - Virtual reality
KW - prototyping
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U2 - 10.1017/pds.2023.212
DO - 10.1017/pds.2023.212
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85165483367
VL - 3
SP - 2115
EP - 2124
JO - Proceedings of the Design Society
JF - Proceedings of the Design Society
T2 - 24th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2023
Y2 - 24 July 2023 through 28 July 2023
ER -