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Adopting Immersive Technologies for Design Practice: The Internal and External Barriers

Part of: ICT for Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2019

Dieu Hoang ,
Ehsan Naderi ,
Renée Cheng  and
Bijan Aryana
Dieu Hoang*
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota, United States;
Ehsan Naderi
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota, United States;
Renée Cheng
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota, United States;
Bijan Aryana
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology
*
Contact: Hoang, Dieu, University of Minnesota, Masters of Science in Architecture: Research Practices, United States of America, hoang256@umn.edu

Abstract

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In the first quarter of the new millennium, the immersive technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) are only a few steps away from becoming the mainstream tools within the design industry. This study investigated the internal and external barriers of technology adoption within design-oriented businesses. A mixed method was used to collect and analyze the data from the employees of a large design firm. This research confirmed that external barriers such as funding, technical support, training, and business strategy that exist at the organizational level are interrelated with the internal barriers such as designers’ and managers’ perception and attitude toward the new technologies. The managerial applications were discussed later and the directions for future research were provided.

Keywords

Virtual realityImmersive technologiesTechnology adoptionDesign practiceResearch methodologies and methods
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Article
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Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 2019 , pp. 1903 - 1912
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