Design patterns for Immersive Tech

Immersive Training patterns

Object manipulation: screws & bolts

Description

For enterprise training in industrial settings it’s common to use VR training to show employees how to assemble or disassemble an object or machine as part of a manufacturing, maintenance or repair scenario.

One of the specific interactions that often needs to be simulated is that of tightening or loosening screws and bolts. How is this normally shown in a VR simulation? Let’s take a look…

Examples

Tightening screws using power tools

 

Using a wrench

 

Turning a handle to adjust a bolt. Note that the controller remains visible at all times, so that the user knows where their hands are at all times. A further enhancement would be to replace the controller with a visualisation of the hands.

 

Turning a bolt using hands

Using a screwdriver and other hand held tools. Note that in these examples the controller disappears and the user can only see the tool.


 

Turning nuts by hand

 

Pulling out and inserting bolts