Development of a SystemsModeling Language Frameworkin Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality Environments: AComparative Analysis


Karatas K., SÜRER E.

Extended Realities, Virtual Environment, and Interactive Experiences, Ozge Cordan,Mehmet Ilker Berkman,Guven Catak,Demet Arslan Dincay, Editör, CRC Press, Florida, ss.170-191, 2025 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1201/9781003581642-8
  • Yayınevi: CRC Press
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Florida
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.170-191
  • Editörler: Ozge Cordan,Mehmet Ilker Berkman,Guven Catak,Demet Arslan Dincay, Editör
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Systems Engineering is an engineering field that describes large scale products and defines the many elements that form them. The practice allows for a complicated system of interest (SOI) to be broken down into subsystems and subsequently break down these subsystems into smaller ones until everything is defined as base level components such as software, hardware, or actors. Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is an approach to systems engineering relying on diagrams to encompass the design of a system. It is becoming accepted across many industries and compared to the previous prominent methodology, Document Based Systems Engineering (DBSE), MBSE is known for providing a simpler view of the system having the information compacted into a singular model instead of multiple documents with redundant information. Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR) have become a growing research field for system visualization and investigation in MBSE; however, frameworks for designing models in these environments are sparse. This study defines a framework for designing system models post requirement analysis phase in VR or MR environments. A prototype software of this framework was developed for Meta Quest 2 and is evaluated by comparing it to another prototype software developed as a desktop application. User testing sessions with 30 participants from the industry and students studying in related fields are conducted to evaluate the usability and user experience of the framework. The results show that the proposed framework provides an easy-to-use environment to design system models with room for improvement regarding user input interfaces and efficiency.