This book contains an edited version of the lectures and selected contri- tions presented during the Advanced Summer Institute on Product Engine- ing: Tools and Methods based on Virtual Reality organized at Chania th th (Greece) in the period 30 May-6 June 2007. The Advanced Summer - stitute (ASI) was organized in the framework of the European FP6 funded project VEGA Virtual Reality in Product Design and Robotics and was devoted to the Product Engineering field, with particular attention to the aspects related to the Virtual Reality (VR) technologies, its use and added value in engineering....

This book contains an edited version of the lectures and selected contri- tions presented during the Advanced Summer Institute on Product Engine- ing: Tools and Methods based on Virtual Reality organized at Chania th th (Greece) in the period 30 May-6 June 2007. The Advanced Summer - stitute (ASI) was organized in the framework of the European FP6 funded project VEGA Virtual Reality in Product Design and Robotics and was devoted to the Product Engineering field, with particular attention to the aspects related to the Virtual Reality (VR) technologies, its use and added value in engineering....