Virtual reality environment-based collaborative exploration of fashion design

• Eun Kyoung Yang ^[1] ; Jee Hyun Lee ^[1] ; C. Hun Lee ^[1]
  1. [1] Yonsei University

     Yonsei University

     Corea del Sur

     
• Localización: CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts, ISSN 1571-0882, Vol. 20, Nº. 2, 2024, págs. 332-350
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Driven by rapid advances in digital technology, virtual reality environments (VREs) have emerged as a new collaborative design tool. In this study, we present an experimental investigation of cognitive characteristics of VRE-based collaborative conceptual exploration in fashion design. Eight graduate students participated in two empirical experiments in which they collaboratively developed design concepts using a VRE and an online teleconferencing environment (OTE). The collected data were analysed according to a coding scheme to investigate the cognitive patterns involved in the process of collaborative exploration. The results indicate that collaborative exploration via VRE elicited more external representation-related cognitive activity linked to conceptual evaluation and enhanced interaction with a given design tool. They also show that OTE-based collaborative exploration was associated with a conceptual cognitive process model with a sequential flow of steps, which did not produce specific joint environment-related changes. In contrast, the VRE-based approach induced a flexible mental flow of various cognitive behaviours. This research contributes to the theoretical and empirical understanding of VRE needed to develop a methodological framework for VRE-based fashion design collaboration and related education.