Virtual collaborative design environments: a review, issues, some research, and the future

Author

Bochenek, Grace M. ; Ragusa, James M.

Author_Institution

U.S. Army Nat. Automotive Center, Warren, MI, USA

Volume

Supplement

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

726

Abstract

Innovative private and public sector organizations are now using virtual collaborative design environments (VCDEs) to develop new products and weapon systems as part of their technology management initiatives. This paper reviews several commercially available virtual technologies, operational and research issues, empirical testing results comparing a CAVE automatic virtual environment (CAVE) to a traditional concept design review, and identifies future needs

Keywords

CAD; groupware; product development; research and development management; technology transfer; CAVE automatic virtual environment; R&D management; commercially available virtual technologies; new products; private sector organizations; public sector organizations; technology management initiatives; technology transfer; virtual collaborative design environments; weapon systems; Automotive engineering; Collaboration; Computational modeling; Costs; Product design; Technology management; US Department of Defense; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

1-890843-06-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.2001.952420

Filename

952420