MULTIMODAL INTERACTION FOR MARINE WORKPLACES USED AS STRATEGY TO LIMIT EFFECT OF SITUATIONAL IMPAIRMENT IN DEMANDING MARITIME OPERATIONS

摘要

Constant changing conditions such as weather, operation type, time of day and fatigue that are part of everyday life at the sea, cause considerable challenges for the design of ship bridge interfaces and workplaces. Such conditions lead to users experiencing situational impairments where users cannot operate equipment optimally due to temporary, operation caused, limited mental or physical ability. To limit the impact of situational impairment in ship bridges the article report on a design research project, Ulstein Bridge Concept, exploring alternate ways doing interaction for ship bridges. The project demonstrate how multimodal interfaces might show a way forward towards better interfaces more in line with the changing needs of marine operations. We show examples of multimodal design for ship bridges and discuss the possible implications of such designs in the future. Finally, we suggest that it is important to better understand multimodal interfaces in context of the changing conditions at sea to be able to design next generation interfaces forrndemanding marine operations.