Interaction Design Principles for Industrial XR
Halonen, Harri (2021)
2021
Master's Programme in Human-Technology Interaction
Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunta - Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2021-07-27
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202107046179
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202107046179
Tiivistelmä
Convenient access to task-relevant information in a robust and unobtrusive manner allows an industrial worker to perform their duties with high efficiency, saving valuable time at a workforce scale. Wearable augmented reality display devices are compelling alternatives to handheld devices as they free up user’s hands and allow easy consumption of information.
This thesis takes a grounded theory approach to investigate interaction designer’s perceptions of industrial worker’s needs and accompanying interaction requirements regarding the use of XR technologies in industrial environments. The purpose of the qualitative study is to increase understanding by presenting crucial insights and practices leading to the swifter adoption of XR technologies to industrial field work and recommendations of interaction techniques most suitable to industrial environments. Results consist of semi-structured expert interviews to understand the domain-specific opportunities and limitations.
Discovered grounded theory calls for a usable and robust hands-free and touchless free-hand operation of a readable display supported by an eyes-free output option. When producing practical XR solutions, the most impactful interaction techniques deliver the right information at the right time, ensuring sufficient safety, comfort, and efficiency of task performance on a reasonable cost-benefit ratio. Interaction designer’s role is to support and empower the industrial professional, with low tolerance towards nonfunctioning tools, to focus on the real task at hand.
This thesis takes a grounded theory approach to investigate interaction designer’s perceptions of industrial worker’s needs and accompanying interaction requirements regarding the use of XR technologies in industrial environments. The purpose of the qualitative study is to increase understanding by presenting crucial insights and practices leading to the swifter adoption of XR technologies to industrial field work and recommendations of interaction techniques most suitable to industrial environments. Results consist of semi-structured expert interviews to understand the domain-specific opportunities and limitations.
Discovered grounded theory calls for a usable and robust hands-free and touchless free-hand operation of a readable display supported by an eyes-free output option. When producing practical XR solutions, the most impactful interaction techniques deliver the right information at the right time, ensuring sufficient safety, comfort, and efficiency of task performance on a reasonable cost-benefit ratio. Interaction designer’s role is to support and empower the industrial professional, with low tolerance towards nonfunctioning tools, to focus on the real task at hand.