All Outputs (6)

Enhancing the design process with drama-related methods (2016)
Journal Article
Lawson, G., Brown, M., Coughlan, T., Floyde, A., Baurley, S., Elliott, M., …Tsai, A. (in press). Enhancing the design process with drama-related methods. Design Journal, 19(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2016.1176341

This paper presents a critical review of several applications of drama-related methods to design, discussing their benefits and limitations and providing comment on practical aspects of their implementation. Drama-related methods can shed light on th... Read More about Enhancing the design process with drama-related methods.

When simulated environments make the difference: the effectiveness of different types of training of car service procedures (2016)
Journal Article
Borsci, S., Lawson, G., Salanitri, D., & Jha, B. (in press). When simulated environments make the difference: the effectiveness of different types of training of car service procedures. Virtual Reality, 20(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-016-0286-8

Establishing usability heuristics for heuristics evaluation in a specific domain: is there a consensus? (2016)
Journal Article
Hermawati, S., & Lawson, G. (2016). Establishing usability heuristics for heuristics evaluation in a specific domain: is there a consensus?. Applied Ergonomics, 56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2015.11.016

Heuristics evaluation is frequently employed to evaluate usability. While general heuristics are suitable to evaluate most user interfaces, there is still a need to establish heuristics for specific domains to ensure that their specific usability iss... Read More about Establishing usability heuristics for heuristics evaluation in a specific domain: is there a consensus?.

3D printing system: an innovation for small-scale manufacturing in home settings? – early adopters of 3D printing systems in China (2016)
Journal Article
Wang, Q., Sun, X., Cobb, S., Lawson, G., & Sharples, S. (in press). 3D printing system: an innovation for small-scale manufacturing in home settings? – early adopters of 3D printing systems in China. International Journal of Production Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2016.1154211

This study investigates Chinese consumers’ adoption of the innovative 3D printing systems for small-scale manufacturing in home settings. Empirical studies were conducted in a survey with 256 participants. The number of significant determinants that... Read More about 3D printing system: an innovation for small-scale manufacturing in home settings? – early adopters of 3D printing systems in China.

Future directions for the development of Virtual Reality within an automotive manufacturer (2016)
Journal Article
Lawson, G., Salanitri, D., & Waterfield, B. (2016). Future directions for the development of Virtual Reality within an automotive manufacturer. Applied Ergonomics, 53(B), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2015.06.024

Virtual Reality (VR) can reduce time and costs, and lead to increases in quality, in the development of a product. Given the pressure on car companies to reduce time-to-market and to continually improve quality, the automotive industry has championed... Read More about Future directions for the development of Virtual Reality within an automotive manufacturer.

Effectiveness of a multi-device 3D virtual environment application to train car service maintenance procedures (2016)
Journal Article
Borsci, S., Lawson, G., Jha, B., Burgess, M., & Salanitri, D. (2016). Effectiveness of a multi-device 3D virtual environment application to train car service maintenance procedures. Virtual Reality, 2016(20), 41-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-015-0281-5

This paper reports a study which demonstrates the advantages of using virtual-reality based systems for training automotive assembly tasks. Sixty participants were randomly assigned to one of the following three training experience to learn a car ser... Read More about Effectiveness of a multi-device 3D virtual environment application to train car service maintenance procedures.