Pro-Social Mobility: Using Mozilla Hubs as a Design Collaboration Tool

Large, David; Hallewell, Madeline; Briars, Leah; Harvey, Catherine; Burnett, Gary

Abstract

This paper showcases the novel application of Mozilla Hubs in the context of interface design for future, autonomous taxis. It demonstrates that repurposing pro-social virtual reality as a design collaboration tool enables an embodied and spatialised experience affording the co-creation and visualisation of novel interfaces, scaffolded by real-world social dynamics, but unfettered by its physical limitations. The approach has proved to be beneficial during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it also provides genuine opportunity for virtual, “non-contact” collaborative research beyond this.

Citation

Large, D., Hallewell, M., Briars, L., Harvey, C., & Burnett, G. (2022, April). Pro-Social Mobility: Using Mozilla Hubs as a Design Collaboration Tool. Paper presented at Ergonomics & Human Factors 2022, Birmingham, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Ergonomics & Human Factors 2022
• Start Date: Apr 11, 2022
• End Date: Apr 26, 2022
• Deposit Date: Feb 18, 2022
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7474194
• Publisher URL: https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/2561/submission/40
• Related Public URLs: https://conference.ergonomics.org.uk/
• Additional Information: Technology presentation ; Monday 25 April, 2022, 16:10-16:25