Juliet C. Kraal - Ann Arbor MI, US Daniel Arbitter - Detroit MI, US
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI
International Classification:
G06F 9/44 G06F 17/50 G06F 9/445
US Classification:
703 8, 703 1, 703 17, 703 20, 703 26
Abstract:
A system for subjective evaluation of a vehicle design within a virtual environment includes a scaleable physical property representative of the vehicle design and a computer system for digitally creating a virtual environment having a virtual human immersed within. The system also includes a motion capture system for sensing a motion of an evaluator and communicating the sensed motion of the evaluator to the computer system and a virtual reality display mechanism for providing the evaluator a view of the virtual environment while evaluating the vehicle design.