APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER AIDED INTEGRATED DESIGN AND RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNOLOGY IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

The HMD is a research product developed for visualization of Virtual Reality program material. Experimental laboratory prototypes have now reached a stage of maturity at which it is realistic to define the scope of a marketable product. This paper apply design method and the correct technological specifications to a final product, utilize digital solid model and new production techniques to complete the industry design and develop a product design strategy that can bring the product to manufacture and carry it through to commercialization. Using a Head Mounted Display (HMD) product as an example in order to arrive at a functionally and commercially viable product for mass production, this project will present computer aided integrated design, reverse engineering and rapid prototyping techniques which were used to complete a HMD design-model and test the optics-system for manufacturability. We believe that HMDs will have considerable market potential.