The Difficulties and Countermeasures of Applying Virtual Reality to Industrial Design Education

The subject of this study is the industrial design which requires physical operation exercises mainly targeted at the drawing techniques for product design courses to introduce virtual reality and to further explore the differences and learning outcomes compared to existing traditional sketch drawing courses. In this study, we constructed the object with the actual size in 3D virtual space according to the requirements of the course. Since virtual reality sketching has a sense of presence and is different from the images on a paper or in the computer, it will not only strengthen the space concept of the students but also make the observation of the interaction between relevant components and people more accurate. However, it is inevitable that there will be differences and requires adaptations in learning due to the differences in operating interface and learning methods. This study adopted Delphi Method to find out the requirements for the drawing for product design of the enterprises through interviews with experts, at the same time, cooperated with the analysis of actual course operations and experiments to find out the result of the expected learning outcomes. We hope to provide suggestions and methods for improvement in the application of virtual reality drawing for product design in industrial education.