VIEW OF THE FUTURE: Virtual and interactive environments for workplaces of the future

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 01.0007

Key words (English)

Virtual environments; virtual reality; occupational health; usability;
Economic Aspects; Information Processing; Information Systems; Innovation; Technology Transfer

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: IST-2000-26089

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.2.2 New methods of work and electronic commerce

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Basel
Center of Applied Technology in Mental Health

Partners and International Organizations (English)

University of Nottingham (UK), Fraunhofer IAO (D), University of Stuttgart (D), VTT (FIN), John Deere (D), Alenia (I), Volvo (S), PSA Peugeot Citroën (F), ICS.Forth (EL), ICCS (EL)

Abstract (English)

Scientific and market research indicate that virtual environments (VE) will play a significant role in the workplace of the future. VIEW aims to help establish the role of VEs in supporting high quality work within industrial workplaces of the future. At the same time it aims to understand the impact of VE technologies on their users. Pilot demonstrators of VEs considered will reflect activities across the product life cycle in design, prototyping and training. VE design and circumstances of use will be assessed in terms of their utility, effectiveness and acceptability, their health and safety implications, user satisfaction and development of technical and social skills. Potential barriers of VEs will be understood and evaluation and supporting tools for strategic guidance of industrials users will be developed. The intended outcomes will be generic to help industrial users across Europe to apply VE systems and tools in different domains.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 01.0007