Embodied engineering: the use of embodiment theories in production planning with VR

Abstract

Virtual Reality provides a unique opportunity to improve modern production planning processes. Using the first-person perspective and users body as the source of realistic constrains, any user can experience the design challenges at a given workstation. By grounding VR User Experience design in embodiment theories, we propose a new paradigm of human-in-the-loop for production planning. We call it Embodied Engineering (EE).