We are all cyborgs: Body-machine and body-information in virtual reality systems

Abstract

This study discusses the relationship of the human body with digital technologies, based on the discursive panorama so called ‘post-human’, here represented by the ‘biological-artificial’ continuum. From this perspective, it addresses the Human Body reconfigurations focusing on the information processes of Virtual Reality systems (RV). As a consequence, this study considered: (1) the ergonomic aspects which involves the design, analysis and development of VR interfaces applied to training situations; and (2) the relationship among ergonomics and the User-Centered Design perspective, which puts the user in the core of the design process and also integrates usability to the conception and development of products and systems.