SCIFI (Supporting Customer Interaction, Feedback and Information): Designing a 3D Semi-Immersive System for the Car Buying Public 2002-01-0179
This three-year project is being undertaken at the Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art in partnership with Ford of Britain, and with funding support from the British Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The primary aim of the project is to build a prototype that will enable the car-buying public to configure and interact with a car model in a 3D semi-immersive virtual environment. The objective of this system is threefold: 1) to aid the decision-making process of buying a car; 2) to give the potential car buyer the freedom to select all aspects of the car from the colour and body style to engine size and options packages and; 3) to view and interact with their choices in a photo-realistic 3D environment.
This paper outlines the context in which the system is being built and the Human Factors/HCI design approach that is being implemented in the life cycle of the project.
Citation: Benton, B., "SCIFI (Supporting Customer Interaction, Feedback and Information): Designing a 3D Semi-Immersive System for the Car Buying Public," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-0179, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-0179. Download Citation
Author(s):
Beth Benton
Affiliated:
Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art
Pages: 6
Event:
SAE 2002 World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 2002 Transactions Journal of Materials & Manufacturing-V111-5