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Human performance measures for interactive haptic-audio-visual interfaces
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posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00 authored by Dawei Jia, Asim BhattiAsim Bhatti, Saeid Nahavandi, Ben HoranBen HoranVirtual reality and simulation are becoming increasingly important in modern society and it is essential to improve our understanding of system usability and efficacy from the users’ perspective. This paper introduces a novel evaluation method designed to assess human user capability when undertaking technical and procedural training using virtual training systems. The evaluation method falls under the user-centred design and evaluation paradigm and draws on theories of cognitive, skillbased and affective learning outcomes. The method focuses on user interaction with haptic-audio-visual interfaces and the complexities related to variability in users’ performance, and the adoption and acceptance of the technologies. A large scale user study focusing on object assembly training tasks involving selecting, rotating, releasing, inserting and manipulating 3D objects was performed. The study demonstrated the advantages of the method in obtaining valuable multimodal information for accurate and comprehensive evaluation of virtual training system efficacy. The study investigated how well users learn, perform, adapt to and perceive the virtual training. The results of the study revealed valuable aspects of the design and evaluation of virtual training systems contributing to an improved understanding of more usable virtual training systems.
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IEEE transactions on hapticsVolume
6Issue
1Pagination
46 - 57Publisher
IEEELocation
Piscataway, N.J.Publisher DOI
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1939-1412Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2013, IEEEUsage metrics
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