The influence of immersion and presence in early stage engineering designing and building
This paper explores the role of a designer's sense of engagement in early stage design. In the field of virtual reality, presence and immersion are standard measures of an individual's sense of engagement and involvement in an activity. High levels of presence might indicate that the desig...
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| author | Faas, Daniela Bao, Qifang Frey, Daniel Yang, Maria |
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| description | This paper explores the role of a designer's sense of engagement in early stage design. In the field of virtual reality, presence and immersion are standard measures of an individual's sense of engagement and involvement in an activity. High levels of presence might indicate that the designer is highly focused on the work. The central research question is the following: do designers who are more engaged in design activity, as measured by presence and immersive tendency questionnaires, produce better designs? An experiment was conducted to assess presence and immersive tendencies within the context of a hands-on, open-ended design-and-build activity. The results indicated that the designers' sense of immersion and presence ranged widely as well as their sense of frustration and calmness while performing the design activity. It was found that higher levels of presence correlated with either high design performance or low design performance. Lower levels of presence correlated with average design performance. No correlations were found between immersive tendency and design performance. This study suggests that some level of presence can be linked with better design, and it implies that level of presence might serve as an indicator of performance and learning in similar design-and-build activities. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/882152022-09-30T21:20:48Z The influence of immersion and presence in early stage engineering designing and building Faas, Daniela Bao, Qifang Frey, Daniel Yang, Maria Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division Yang, Maria Bao, Qifang Frey, Daniel Yang, Maria Faas, Daniela This paper explores the role of a designer's sense of engagement in early stage design. In the field of virtual reality, presence and immersion are standard measures of an individual's sense of engagement and involvement in an activity. High levels of presence might indicate that the designer is highly focused on the work. The central research question is the following: do designers who are more engaged in design activity, as measured by presence and immersive tendency questionnaires, produce better designs? An experiment was conducted to assess presence and immersive tendencies within the context of a hands-on, open-ended design-and-build activity. The results indicated that the designers' sense of immersion and presence ranged widely as well as their sense of frustration and calmness while performing the design activity. It was found that higher levels of presence correlated with either high design performance or low design performance. Lower levels of presence correlated with average design performance. No correlations were found between immersive tendency and design performance. This study suggests that some level of presence can be linked with better design, and it implies that level of presence might serve as an indicator of performance and learning in similar design-and-build activities. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Award CMMI-1130791) 2014-07-08T20:00:52Z 2014-07-08T20:00:52Z 2014-05 2013-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0890-0604 1469-1760 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88215 Faas, Daniela, Qifang Bao, Daniel D. Frey, and Maria C. Yang. “The Influence of Immersion and Presence in Early Stage Engineering Designing and Building.” AIEDAM 28, no. 02 (May 2014): 139–151. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7776-3423 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0663-8438 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9886-7512 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6720-8880 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0890060414000055 Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Cambridge University Press Prof. Yang via Angie Locknar |
| spellingShingle | Faas, Daniela Bao, Qifang Frey, Daniel Yang, Maria The influence of immersion and presence in early stage engineering designing and building |
| title | The influence of immersion and presence in early stage engineering designing and building |
| title_full | The influence of immersion and presence in early stage engineering designing and building |
| title_fullStr | The influence of immersion and presence in early stage engineering designing and building |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of immersion and presence in early stage engineering designing and building |
| title_short | The influence of immersion and presence in early stage engineering designing and building |
| title_sort | influence of immersion and presence in early stage engineering designing and building |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88215 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7776-3423 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0663-8438 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9886-7512 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6720-8880 |
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