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Item Open Access A 3D immersive discrete event simulator for enabling prototyping of factory layouts(Elsevier, 2015-10-27) Oyekan, John; Hutabarat, Windo; Turner, Christopher J.; Tiwari, Ashutosh; Prajapat, Neha; Ince, Nadir; Gan, Xiao-Peng; Waller, TonyThere is an increasing need to eliminate wasted time and money during factory layout design and subsequent construction. It is presently difficult for engineers to foresee if a certain layout is optimal for work and material flows. By exploiting modelling, simulation and visualisation techniques, this paper presents a tool concept called immersive WITNESS that combines the modelling strengths of Discrete Event Simulation (DES) with the 3D visualisation strengths of recent 3D low cost gaming technology to enable decision makers make informed design choices for future factories layouts. The tool enables engineers to receive immediate feedback on their design choices. Our results show that this tool has the potential to reduce rework as well as the associated costs of making physical prototypes.Item Open Access Combining virtual reality enabled simulation with 3D scanning technologies towards smart manufacturing(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017-01-19) Hutabarat, Windo; Oyekan, John; Turner, Christopher J.; Tiwari, Ashutosh; Prajapat, Neha; Gan, Xiao-Peng; Waller, AnthonyRecent introduction of low-cost 3D sensing and affordable immersive virtual reality have lowered the barriers for creating and maintaining 3D virtual worlds. In this paper, we propose a way to combine these technologies with discrete-event simulation to improve the use of simulation in decision making in manufacturing. This work will describe how feedback is possible from real world systems directly into a simulation model to guide smart behaviors. Technologies included in the research include feedback from RGBD images of shop floor motion and human interaction within full immersive virtual reality that includes the latest headset technologies.Item Open Access Impact of model fidelity in factory layout assessment using immersive discrete event simulation(Operational Research Society, 2016-04-13) Petti, Alessandro; Hutabarat, Windo; Oyekan, John; Turner, Christopher J.; Tiwari, Ashutosh; Prajapat, Neha; Gan, Xiao-PengDiscrete Event Simulation (DES) can help speed up the layout design process. It offers further benefits when combined with Virtual Reality (VR). The latest technology, Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR), immerses users in virtual prototypes of their manufacturing plants to-be, potentially helping decision-making. This work seeks to evaluate the impact of visual fidelity, which refers to the degree to which objects in VR conforms to the real world, using an IVR visualisation of the DES model of an actual shop floor. User studies are performed using scenarios populated with low- and high-fidelity models. Study participant carried out four tasks representative of layout decision-making. Limitations of existing IVR technology was found to cause motion sickness. The results indicate with the particular group of naïve modellers used that there is no significant difference in benefits between low and high fidelity, suggesting that low fidelity VR models may be more cost-effective for this group.