Joint seminar by UTAR and Asia University

The Centre for Immersive Technology & Creativity, UTAR Department of Digital Media Design, and Asia University, Taiwan (AU) jointly organised a seminar to explore research collaborations in the field of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) on 25 July 2022 via Zoom.

A total of eight researchers from UTAR and AU participated in the joint seminar. The purpose of the joint seminar was to enhance the research and academic collaborations between the two universities.

Four speakers from CITC presented the topics below during the seminar:

Researcher’s Name	Research Area
Dr Aloysius Yapp	Virtual Guilded Walkthrough/VGW – The Non-Player-Character/NPC
Lim Chai Kim	Virtual Guilded Walkthrough/VGW – The Non-Player-Character/NPC
Hafez bin Zainudin	Narrating memories of Place: Virtual Reconstruction of Kajang Town as Participatory Art
Goh Kiang Kuan	AR for Art Study – Synthetic Soul of Sculpture: A Conceptual Model of Augmented Reality for Aesthetic Experiences and Behavioural Intentions

Dr Aloysius Yapp explaining his research pertaining to Iban longhouses

Lim presenting her slides

Hafez’s narrating the virtual reconstruction of Kajang Town

Goh explaining the theoretical framework of his research

Four speakers from DDMD, AU presented the topics below during the seminar.

Researcher’s Name	Research Area
Dr Hou Kai-Chun	VR battlefield production and mortar training system
Wang Hsuan-Min	A Pilot Study on Teaching Strategies for Constructing a Virtual Reality Digital Space with A Trainable Spatial Ability
Dr Tsai Ming-Hsin	Creating a VR virtual concert with virtual actors and interactive visual effects.
Dr Chang Kang-Ming	Cartoon facial features study

Dr Hou during his presentation

Wang sharing post-pandemic opportunities with participants

Dr Tsai playing a demo video

Dr Chang presented on face feature study using SAM and eye tracker

A group photograph at the end of the session