Participants valued multimodal experiences combining visualization with hands-on interaction, while reporting challenges with complex or unclear visualizations¶

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Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-17 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Participants valued combining visualization with hands-on interaction but found overly complex or unclear visualizations hindered comprehension of interconnected mechanics concepts. → Rakib 2025

Evidence¶

Rakib 2025¶

Rakib, M. A. N., Akter, S., Sridhar, E. P., Biswas, S., Raihan, M. R., & Rahman, M. (2025). Visualizing Engineering Fundamentals: Design of Mixed Reality and Physical Toolkits for Effective Learning. Manuscript under review at Ergonomics in Design: The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00979 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2607.00979

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Across the ET and MR conditions of the user study, participants reported that overly complex visualizations sometimes hindered comprehension; one MR participant noted that viewing "the image of the beam and how are the loads are applied could help to understand the question."

"Participants valued multimodal and interactive experiences that combined visualization with hands -on interaction, while reporting challenges with complex or unclear visualizations."

Discussion¶

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