A 3D virtual Weft‐knitting Engineering learning system based on Unreal Engine 4

Zhang, Xiaoting; Liu, Jihong; Qing, Chen; Hao, Song; Zhan, Qianyi; Lü, Jing

doi:10.1002/cae.22030

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“…VLE allowed the students to visualize the various signals generated by the function generator and also enable them to change the signal parameters in the VR environment by rotating the appropriate knobs of 3D models. It has strengthened students' intuitive understanding of laboratory hardware and encouraged them to operate the equipment [35]. Researchers have suggested that virtual or remote laboratories are not appropriate for students as it takes away the real practical experience of students, and students did not get a chance to operate the real hardware equipment [19,23].…”

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Virtual reality learning environment for enhancing electronics engineering laboratory experience

Singh

Mantri

Sharma

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Comp Applic In Engineering

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Engineering laboratory courses have a significant role in building practical knowledge and enhancing the skills of the students. While working in electronics laboratories, students often operate complicated laboratory equipment and juggle through a set of multiple knobs and buttons to configure the equipment(s). It takes a lot of practice to master the skill of operating the laboratory equipment and it becomes difficult for students to operate the equipment without any prior experience. Virtual reality (VR) is the emerging technology and has the potential to provide a better learning experience to the students. In this paper, a VR‐based learning environment (VLE) is developed, which aims to give prior training to the engineering students about the electronics laboratory hardware. An experimental study was conducted to measure the effectiveness of VR on student knowledge development, learning motivation, and cognition. The study was conducted among the 65 engineering students and they were randomly divided into two groups: treatment group (N = 33) and control group (N = 32). The students of the treatment group were taught with the VR approach and students of the control group were taught with a conventional teaching approach. The outcomes of the experiment indicate that VR has a significant positive impact on student knowledge, learning motivation, and cognition. By interacting with the three‐dimensional virtual models of the laboratory instruments, students were able to demonstrate an improved understanding of the laboratory hardware. Also, the treatment group students mentioned that they were not worried about the equipment malfunction that has further enhanced their confidence and reduced the cognitive load.

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“…The VR system focuses on teaching data structures and sorting algorithms to students using the VR headset. Zhang et al [35] designed a 3D virtual learning system for weft‐knitting engineering. The virtual learning system aims to provide a complete understanding and usability of weft‐knitting training from machine structure.…”

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confidence: 99%

Virtual reality learning environment for enhancing electronics engineering laboratory experience

Singh

Mantri

Sharma

et al. 2020

Comp Applic In Engineering

115

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“…During the experiments, the time costs of the participants were recorded using the blueprint function of UE4 (written in C++) (cf., Zhang et al, 2018 ). Specifically, the decision area was a transparent “box trigger” with an added timer function, and two commands were given (cf., Supplementary Figure 5 ) as follows: (1) The timer started running when the pathfinder entered the decision area by touching the edge of the trigger for the first time.…”

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Study of Effective Corridor Design to Improve Wayfinding in Underground Malls

Zhang

Park

2021

Front. Psychol.

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In retail space, wayfinding difficulties can cause problems, such as loss of time, stress, or discomfort, negatively affecting the shopping experience of consumers and even their patronage intentions. Although studies have reported that space configuration may facilitate navigation, there has been a lack of detailed discussion, particularly in underground malls, where people often encounter wayfinding issues. In this study, a series of exit-finding tasks in virtual malls were simulated to determine if it was practical to encourage turn taking by changing the corridor width, length, height, or angle. The results showed that people have a right-turn preference during exit finding. Moreover, exit-finders mostly prefer taking the upward pathway via stairs followed by corridors with broader widths or curved corners, exhibiting visible and similar navigation effects. Shorter corridors have a visible but relatively small affinity. This study provides some empirical evidence of how the corridor configuration influences the turn taking of people and provides a theoretical reference for adding a guiding function to the spatial arrangement in underground malls.

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“…The revolution of an abreast of the times knitting industry is closely linked to advancements in computer science [1,2]. As an important modern technology, the computer has brought new opportunities for the transformation and upgrading of the knitting industry.…”

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Design Method of Circular Weft-Knitted Jacquard Fabric Based on Jacquard Module

Zheng

Jiang

Cong

2022

Autex Research Journal

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Recently, there is an increasing interest in design of circular weft jacquard because of the pursuit of fashion and comfort. Aiming at the complexity of the computer-aided design method of the existing circular weft-knitted jacquard fabrics, which is not conducive to the rapid design and intelligible for designers, a design method was proposed to transform pattern notation into knitting diagram efficiently, which was based on knitting rules and its creation as a set of jacquard modules. Knitting characteristics of jacquard fabrics were studied as a precondition. On this basis, the design procedures of jacquard modules were analyzed and illustrated by taking tricolor bird's eye backing jacquard as an example. Jacquard modules with various jacquard effects were designed and stored in a jacquard module database. To mathematically describe pattern notation, knitting diagram, and jacquard module, two-dimensional matrixes were established by the method of mathematical modeling, and a corresponding algorithm for the transformation of the pattern to knitting information according to the knitting rules of jacquard modules, which can be applied to ordinary jacquard fabrics was summarized. The project of tricolor circular weft-knitted jacquard with bird's eye in the reverse and four-color air-layer jacquard were taken for instance to verify the models and algorithm. The results obtained show that the approach can efficiently and conveniently realize the designation and machine-knitting of weft-knitted jacquard fabric, which provide a theoretical basis and notation of modeling for the computer-aided design of circular weft-knitted jacquard fabrics.

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A 3D virtual Weft‐knitting Engineering learning system based on Unreal Engine 4

Cited by 21 publications

References 21 publications

Virtual reality learning environment for enhancing electronics engineering laboratory experience

Virtual reality learning environment for enhancing electronics engineering laboratory experience

Study of Effective Corridor Design to Improve Wayfinding in Underground Malls

Design Method of Circular Weft-Knitted Jacquard Fabric Based on Jacquard Module

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