VR Virtual Prototyping Application for Airplane Cockpit: A Human-centred Design Validation

Miguel Nunes, Emanuel Silva, Nuno Sousa, Emanuel Sousa, Eduardo Nunes, Iara Margolis

2023

Abstract

The present study aimed to assess how professionals from the aviation industry perceived the usability of an application aimed at developing prototypes of airplane cockpits, in virtual reality, from a human-centred design perspective. 12 participants from the aeronautical industry took part in the study. An evaluation using the SUS (System Usability Scale) resulted in a final score of 81.3, while the results from the SAM (Self-Assessment Manikin) indicated a neutral-positive trend towards the application. From participant’s observations and comments, the application’s potential to improve airline security, pilot comfort, and cockpit design efforts, was recognized and appreciated. Despite the positive interactions, some aspects of the application were found to need further improvement, to better align with the expectations and needs of the professionals towards which the application is being geared to.

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in Harvard Style

Nunes M., Silva E., Sousa N., Sousa E., Nunes E. and Margolis I. (2023). VR Virtual Prototyping Application for Airplane Cockpit: A Human-centred Design Validation. In Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2023) - Volume 2: HUCAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-634-7, SciTePress, pages 177-184. DOI: 10.5220/0011658800003417


in Bibtex Style

@conference{hucapp23,
author={Miguel Nunes and Emanuel Silva and Nuno Sousa and Emanuel Sousa and Eduardo Nunes and Iara Margolis},
title={VR Virtual Prototyping Application for Airplane Cockpit: A Human-centred Design Validation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2023) - Volume 2: HUCAPP},
year={2023},
pages={177-184},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011658800003417},
isbn={978-989-758-634-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2023) - Volume 2: HUCAPP
TI - VR Virtual Prototyping Application for Airplane Cockpit: A Human-centred Design Validation
SN - 978-989-758-634-7
AU - Nunes M.
AU - Silva E.
AU - Sousa N.
AU - Sousa E.
AU - Nunes E.
AU - Margolis I.
PY - 2023
SP - 177
EP - 184
DO - 10.5220/0011658800003417
PB - SciTePress