Fata Morgana - a presentation system for product design

Mobile augmented reality applications promise substantial savings in time and costs for product designers, in particular, for large products requiring scale models and expensive clay mockups (e.g., cars). Such applications are novel and introduce interesting challenges when attempting to describe th...

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Main Authors: Klinker, G., Dutoit, A.H., Bauer, M., Bayer, J., Novak, V., Matzke, D.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Application software
Augmented reality
Cameras
Head
Online Communities/Technical Collaboration
Product design
Prototypes
Rendering (computer graphics)
Usability
Virtual reality
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Summary:Mobile augmented reality applications promise substantial savings in time and costs for product designers, in particular, for large products requiring scale models and expensive clay mockups (e.g., cars). Such applications are novel and introduce interesting challenges when attempting to describe them to potential users and stakeholders. For example, it is difficult, a priori, to assess the nonfunctional requirements of such applications and anticipate the usability issues that the product designers are likely to raise. In this paper, we describe our efforts to develop a proof-of-concept AR system for car designers. Over the course of a year, we developed two prototypes, one within a university context, the other at a car manufacturer. The lessons learned from both efforts illustrate the technical and human challenges encountered when closely collaborating with the end user in the design of a novel application.
DOI:10.1109/ISMAR.2002.1115076