Validation of the Anthropometric Data Acquisition Module of Safework

Abstract

Existing Virtual Reality systems do not often integrate a realistic representation of the user. This lack of an accurate human model within such systems reduces the feeling of immersion for the subject. Therefore, one of the premises when using a virtual environment should be to generate a mannequin with anthropometric characteristics that accurately correspond to the user. Because the anthropometric data usually require a long acquisition process, a new sophisticated measuring technique has been created. This method is capable of grabbing automatically some dimensions of a subject and re-creating the corresponding virtual human. This method uses a motion capture system and requires placing sensors on specific anatomic landmarks in order to measure directly anthropometric variables. In this paper, we present the different steps and results of the validation of this new feature of SAFEWORK®.