Members of
the Prima Borneo project
Members of the Centre of
Immersive Technology and Creativity (CITC) showed off “Prima Borneo”, a
natural heritage preservation project at the International Multidisciplinary
Media Arts (IMMA) Festival 2016 held in Quill City Mall, Kuala Lumpur from
19 to 21 August 2016.
Themed ‘See the Unseen’, the festival was organised by the Centre for Interactive Media of Multimedia University. The festival was a platform for creative expression of interactive arts production.
Led by CITC Chairperson Aloysius Yapp, the UTAR team responsible for “Prima Borneo” consisted of CGI content developer Goh Kiang Kuan, CGI walkthrough developer Chong Hwei Teeng, visual coordinator Mohd Fairuz Bin Ali, supporting visual developer Ng Perng Jeu, pre-visualization coordinator Dr Yap Shook Chin and digital archivist Lim Chai Kim.
Details of
the Prima Borneo project
In the project, the team
supplied a basic representation of the actual scenes and habitats that can
be found in Borneo through new media technology. It also gave viewers an
opportunity to experience its beauty.
“Viewers are able to
interact with the presentation by looking into the dark cave. Time-based
visuals of Borneo can be achieved through a projection of multi-reflective
lights over mirrors. As a result, it momentarily brings the viewer into
another dimension or space,” he continued.
Scenes of
Borneo’s natural habitat in play
“With our expertise on
Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), New Media, Immersive Media,
Digital Animation, Digital Photo Imaging, Programming, Digital Archiving,
Mobile Apps Development, Visual Data Collection, Visual Analysis and
Computer Generated Imagery (CGI), we have managed to preserve the natural
heritage of Borneo in digital format,” Yapp said.
The festival has given
CITC the opportunity to acquire more knowledge on the usage of new media
technologies such as HoloLens, CGI video mapping, and video and audio
processing. The festival also saw participation from universities from South
Korea and Thailand.
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