Development of virtual laboratory applications based on virtual reality using the requirements engineering method

Abstract

Abstract The virtual laboratory application that has been designed in Industrial Engineering Department of Diponegoro University can simulate several work operations on turning machines as well as the introduction of tools to the work process bench. In addition to these aspects, applications that have been designed also do not provide a virtual environment that has complete equipment such as in a production system laboratory. Another drawback is that there is no usage guide in the form of a video tutorial for an initial understanding of users when operating a work operation on a turning machine. In practice, mistakes still occur frequently in working on turning machines. According to students, errors often occur due to a lack of understanding from students themselves even though virtual reality tools have been provided in the training of turning machine operations. Based on that problem this research tries to develop virtual laboratory using the Requirement Engineering method and HTC VIVE Pro Full Kit hardware that can correct the shortcomings of the previous development. The output of this research is a virtual reality-based virtual laboratory application that has been tested and evaluated by considering several aspects such as interaction, visualization, information, reusability, performance, and reliability.