FUTURE SHIP BRIDGE CONCEPTS
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UX-DRIVEN CONTEXTUAL DESIGN
Hannu Karvonen and Mikael Wahlström
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Iiro Lindborg
Rolls-Royce Oy Ab
ENVISIONING FUTURE MARITIME OPERATIONS
Aim of the project:
– Enhanced command bridge operations for the
future
We considered three different types of vessels:
– Tugboats
– Cargo ships
– Platform supply vessels
(PSVs)
The project included
people from Rolls-Royce,
VTT Technical Research
Centre of Finland, Aalto
University, Troll VFX,
Cresense, and Leadin
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UX-DRIVEN CONCEPT DESIGN PROCESS
Literature
review
User
studies
Concept
creation
Expert
evaluations
Final
concepts
Concept
videos
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LITERATURE REVIEW
General technology trends
UX/Human-technology interaction method trends
Maritime transportation trends
Core-Task Analysis and systems usability
Studies regarding the
chosen vessel types of
the project
Background material
regarding operation of the
vessel types of the project
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USER STUDIES
Tugboat visit with interviews and observations in Naantali
Cargo ship first mate interviews in Espoo
PSV simulator visit with interviews and observations in
Ålesund, Norway
Planning and analysis of the user studies was based on
the Core-Task Analysis method
Main results:
– Explicated work demands in
each bridge environment
– Generic UX goal for all the
vessel types (Being one
with the ship and the sea)
– Several UX subgoals
regarding each vessel type
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CONCEPT CREATION
General-level idea
brainstorming workshops
Interaction method and
design workshops
Defining the UX subgoals
Concept development
workshops
Evaluation of preliminary
concepts by professionals from
Rolls-Royce Marine
Innovations
Maritime and technology
foresight
Selecting the most promising
concepts and developing them
further based on the evaluations
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EXPERT EVALUATIONS
Evaluations of the concepts with possible real end-users
in Espoo, Porvoo, Tallinn, and Bergen
– Users included tugboat captains, an oil tanker captain, a cargo
ship first mate, and other maritime professionals
Independent external experts conducted the evaluations
of the concepts with the users
– Both the scenario stories and the concept pictures were
evaluated
The concepts were refined
and finalized based on the
results of the evaluations
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FINAL CONCEPTS
The concept ideas were illustrated with scenario stories
and concept pictures
Final concepts include:
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HUD-based navigation
Sea-ice analyzer
Telepresent crew
Intelligent towing
See-through deck objects
Augmented crane
operations
– Adjustable workstation
– Remote engineer
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CONCEPT VIDEOS
Once the concepts were finalized, 2-3 minute long 3D
animated videos were produced together with a
professional visual effects company
The plot of the videos is based on the concept scenario
stories and they demonstrate the developed concept
innovations
World premiere of the
tugboat and cargo ship
concept videos is at
FIMECC’s 5th
anniversary and 6th
annual seminar
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THANK YOU!
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