Paper Info
Title
Can Multi-sensory Feedback Improve the Usability of the Virtual Assembly Environment?
Abstract
Usability is an important aspect of Virtual assembly environment (VAE). This paper presents the evaluation of the usability of our developed multi-sensory VAE. The usability evaluation is in terms of its three attributes: (a) efficiency of use; (b) user¿s satisfaction; and (c) reliability in use. These are addressed by using task completion times (TCTs), questionnaires, and human performance error rates (HPERs), respectively. A pegin- a-hole and a Sener electronic box assembly task cases have been used to perform the experiments, using sixteen participants. The outcomes showed that the introduction of 3D auditory and/or visual feedback could improve the usability. They also indicated that the integrated feedback (visual plus auditory) offered better usability than either feedback used in isolation. Most participants preferred the integrated feedback to either feedback (visual or auditory) or no feedback. The possible reasons behind the outcomes are also analysed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/CIT.2006.59
CIT
Keywords
Field
DocType
developed multi-sensory,feedback improve,task performance.,virtual environment,integrated feedback,virtual assembly environment,task completion time,human performance error rate,visual feedback,usability,better usability,multi-sensory feedback,task case,sener electronic box assembly,assembly simulation,usability evaluation,error rate,navigation,feedback,augmented reality,clustering algorithms,human performance,real time systems,assembly
Pluralistic walkthrough,Virtual machine,Heuristic evaluation,Computer science,Usability,Usability lab,Augmented reality,Cognitive walkthrough,Component-based usability testing,Multimedia
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-2687-X
0
0.34
References 
Authors
8
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ying Zhang141928.64
Adrian Travis200.68
Hannan Xiao38310.58