Implications of Virtual Reality on Environmental Sustainability in Manufacturing Industry: A Case Study
Paper in proceeding, 2021

Research on Virtual Reality (VR) in manufacturing is rarely driven by environmental sustainability. This paper explores the feasibility of developing VR technologies to reduce environmental impact, drawing from a case study in an automotive company. We developed a VR demo to support the communication for design review between the technology centre in Sweden and the manufacturing site in China, thus reducing travel frequencies. This reduction was verified through user experience and feedback from focus group discussion and questionnaire. The results show a reduction of travel frequencies for design review, therefore contributing to environmental sustainability.

environmental sustainability

manufacturing

case study

Virtual Reality

sustainability

VR

Author

Xiaoxia Chen

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Production Systems

Liang Gong

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Production Systems

Anton Berce

China-Euro Vehicle Technology (CEVT) AB

Björn Johansson

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Production Systems

Mélanie Despeisse

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Production Systems

Procedia CIRP

22128271 (eISSN)

Vol. 104 464-469

54th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Ssystems, CMS 2021
Patras, Greece,

SUstainability, sMart Maintenance and factory design Testbed (SUMMIT)

VINNOVA (2017-04773), 2017-11-01 -- 2021-04-30.

Subject Categories

Environmental Management

Interaction Technologies

Human Computer Interaction

DOI

10.1016/j.procir.2021.11.078

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