Cakevr

A social virtual reality (vr) tool for co-designing cakes

Conference paper (2021)

Authors

Yanni Mei Student
Jie Li Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)
H. de Ridder Human Information Communication Design - IDE
Research Group
Human Information Communication Design (IDE) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2021 Yanni Mei, Jie Li, H. de Ridder, Pablo Cesar
DOI
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445503
Co-design Social virtual reality Cake design Remote collaboration
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Published Date

2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Human-Centered Design

Research Group

Human Information Communication Design

Abstract

Cake customization services allow clients to collaboratively personalize cakes with pastry chefs. However, remote (e.g., email) and in-person co-design sessions are prone to miscommunication, due to natural restrictions in visualizing cake size, decoration, and celebration context. This paper presents the design, implementation, and expert evaluation of a social VR application (CakeVR) that allows a client to remotely co-design cakes with a pastry chef, through real-time realistic 3D visualizations. Drawing on expert semi-structured interviews (4 clients, 5 pastry chefs), we distill and incorporate 8 design requirements into our CakeVR prototype. We evaluate CakeVR with 10 experts (6 clients, 4 pastry chefs) using cognitive walkthroughs, and fnd that it supports ideation and decision making through intuitive size manipulation, color/favor selection, decoration design, and custom celebration theme ftting. Our fndings provide recommendations for enabling co-design in social VR and highlight CakeVR's potential to transform product design communication through remote interactive and immersive co-design.