2020-04-03, Christ, Oliver, Ziegler, Cyrill, Hirschi, Andreas, Genovese, Rosina, Papageorgiou, Andreas, Ahram, Tareq, Taiar, Redha, Gremeaux-Bader, Vincent, Aminian, Kamiar

The increase of shipped consumer immersive virtual reality (IVR) up to 6 million units in 2019 shows the increasing popularity of this medium. Invests of 8 billion dollars are anticipated in the next five years for the training sector. With the development the question arise, what effects and advantages can be expected using IVR in human training? This paper reviews three important areas, when it comes to the design of immersive virtual reality trainings: 1. cognitive load, 2. spatial imagination and the contextual interference effect.

2020-04-03, Christ, Oliver, Papageorgiou, Andreas, Mutuura, Kamalatharsi, Ahram, Tareq, Taiar, Redha, Gremeaux-Bader, Vincent, Aminian, Kamiar

We explored the possibility of taking icons from Android Smartphones, for the use in graphical user interfaces (GUI) in bakery sheeter. This idea was generated from the fact that Android Smartphones are sold worldwide and that the icons used in the menu should have a degree of popularity that most people could deal with. With this research question in mind we created a mixed method design for the study (qualitative and quantitative data). Results show that some icons were able to represent basic navigation function in industrial machines.