@inproceedings{15645a99202c4db6acccc38eb291e8d1,
title = "Synthetic Environments as design tool - A case study",
abstract = "Successful product design requires intensive communication between all stakeholders of the product or service in the very beginning of the development process. In this stage of the development, often communication is inefficient due to the absence of a prototype. We propose the use of a synthetic environment as a methodology and tool to support communication about a concept design among stakeholders; e.g., designers, end-users, and manufacturers. A case study with industrial partners revealed that a low-cost, easy accessible setup, consisting of haptic and visual simulation only, was sufficient for a realistic evaluation of a product and to provide meaningful information to improve its design.",
keywords = "EWI-21103, METIS-243255, HMI-HF: Human Factors, HMI-VRG: Virtual Reality and Graphics, Stakeholders, Synthetic environment, Product design, Communication, Mixed Reality, IR-58730",
author = "J. Miedema and F. Meijer and Huaxin Wang and \{van der Voort\}, \{Mascha C.\} and \{van den Broek\}, Egon and Vergeest, \{Joris S.M.\}",
year = "2007",
month = oct,
day = "4",
language = "Undefined",
isbn = "9789602546659",
publisher = "Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, National Technical University of Athens",
pages = "239--240",
editor = "A. Amditis",
booktitle = "The 4th International INTUITION Coference ' Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments'",
note = "Intuition Conference 2007 ; Conference date: 04-10-2007 Through 05-10-2007",
}