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2. How knowledgeable would you say you are in regard to virtual user modelling (VUM)?
Please choose only one option:
not at all familiar
slightly familiar
moderately familiar
familiar
very familiar
B.2 Instructions for testing Virtex
The instructions have been given to the designers in order to guide them during the evaluation and
provide a certain level of similarity in the overall evaluation.
VICON Task 4.2 Instructions
Introduction
The general objective of T4.2 is to evaluate the usability and the functionality of the prototypic
VICON software tools and to propose suggestions for improvement.
The Vicon software is a prototype of a comprehensive framework for inclusive design support. It
currently provides designers with three software applications. Each application aims to support a
designer at a specific stage of the design process:
(1) The standalone VICON Sketch Application provides inclusive design recommendations at
the sketch stage.
(2) The VICON CAD Application, which is integrated into the CAD software SiemensNX,
provides inclusive design recommendations based upon an existing 3d product prototype at
the CAD design stage.
(3) The standalone Virtex application (stands for VIRTual EXperience) aims to support the
product design refinement iterations by offering a virtual usage simulation of the 3d
product design.
All these three tools are connected to a virtual user model (VUM), which contains software models
of real world users, environments and product components connected by certain relationships.
They can be used to assess potential usability issues of prototype products for various user groups.
The VUM in VICON is limited to usability aspects of elderly population.
The objective of this particular questionnaire is to evaluate only the prototypic usage simulation
software of the VICON approach, i.e. the Virtex application.
D4.3: Evaluation report on how convenient it is
to use virtual user model and adapted prototype
Final
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