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- Title
The Effect of Visual Feedback on Learnability and Usability of Design Methods.
- Authors
Poelman, Ronald; Rusák, Zoltán; Verbraeck, Alexander; Alcubilla, L. Sorasu
- Abstract
Currently 2D displays are used for the majority of design tasks, but 3D successors are slowly being introduced as a promising alternative. Understanding how the dimensionality of displayed images influences the effectiveness and efficiency of designers working with virtual reality design environments is therefore of great interest. This paper presents the results of a comparative usability study, which focuses on assessing the influence of different types of displays on learnability and usability. In our study, we carried out an experiment to compare 2D screen and 3D displays. Users were asked to design free form shapes in each of the three types of environments using a prescribed human-computer interaction process. This research shows that there are significant differences between the preferences of different user groups. Gender and level of expertise in using advanced visualization technologies had a significant influence on the usability and learnability of the design methods for each of the three display types.
- Subjects
ELECTRONIC feedback; DESIGN research; USER-centered system design; PRODUCT design; COMPUTER simulation; HUMAN-computer interaction; VISUAL programming languages (Computer science); USER interfaces; VIRTUAL reality
- Publication
Journal of Mechanical Engineering / Strojniški Vestnik, 2010, Vol 56, Issue 11, p744
- ISSN
0039-2480
- Publication type
Article