Mr Zi Siang See
Interaction Designer
School of Creative Industries
Career Summary
Biography
Zi Siang See's focus has been both in academic research and industrial work. This allows him to disseminate knowledge and to make contributions in the field of the creative industries. Zi has developed numerous creative operations which focused on corporate communications and interactive multimedia specialization. These include collaborations with multinational corporations such as McDonald’s, Lafarge Cement, Servier, Leo Burnett, DDB and Saatchi & Saatchi Arachnid. His research includes innovation management related to virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). He specialized in conventional creative advertising and front-end interaction design. In fact, producing compelling user experience in creative technology is his main interest.
He has been part of various MOOC projects and been actively involved in scholarly research and international collaborations. Zi's doctoral dissertation focuses on the contribution in human-computer interaction of virtual reality, and has developed a method and apparatus solution for high fidelity VR360.
On-going Research Projects and Collaborations:
- AR VR Interactive Wall: Technical and UX Design
- Sodeisha VR: Please Touch (in collaboration with Newcastle Art Gallery)
- This Land AR: A Transmedia Multi-Users Audible Experience (Indigenous Context)
- Inclusive Virtual Reality Museum Gallery (collaboration with the Center for Inclusive Design)
- Tomb of a Sultan: A VR Museum Experience (Singapore Johore)
- Park Bench Sojourn VR
- Aerial VR360
- Virtual Reality 360 Content Preservation for Disaster Relief
- Smart Pole collaboration (with City Council of Newcastle, Australia)
- Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI): AR VR
- Medical learning AR VR: Visualization and Simulation
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Qualifications
- Master of Science, Multimedia University, Malaysia
- Bachelor of Multimedia, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Keywords
- Augmented Reality
- Computational Photography
- Creative Advertising
- Human Computer Interaction
- Inclusive Design
- Interaction Design
- Multimedia
- User Experience
- Virtual Reality
Languages
- English (Working)
- Mandarin (Working)
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 190205 | Interactive Media | 30 |
| 080602 | Computer-Human Interaction | 20 |
| 080111 | Virtual Reality and Related Simulation | 50 |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Journal article (5 outputs)
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| 2019 |
Harold T, Delas S, Human E, See ZS, 'A Malaysian Cultural Heritage Digital Compendium', Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 15 1-8 (2019) [C1]
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| 2018 |
See ZS, Sunar MS, Kusnayat A, Aziz KA, 'Interactive panorama VR360 for corporate communications: An industrial scenario case study', International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 10 169-177 (2018)
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| 2018 |
Santano D, See ZS, Fong CH, Thwaites H, 'Up in the air with vr360', Virtual Creativity, 8 59-73 (2018) [C1] © 2018 Intellect Ltd Article. Both drones and 360-degree video (VR 360) have been attractive topics for the past decade. 360-degree videos hit Internet fame as soon as YouTube and... [more] © 2018 Intellect Ltd Article. Both drones and 360-degree video (VR 360) have been attractive topics for the past decade. 360-degree videos hit Internet fame as soon as YouTube and Facebook started to adopt them into their ecosystem, which made users familiar with and intrigued by these techniques. This definitely made the camera industry race to democratize 360-degree cameras, and now we are graced with affordable, out-of-the-box 360 cameras from Samsung, Ricoh, and Garmin, to Nikon. The company DJI has been the leading drone manufacturer since their first quadcopter captivated our imagination and love of playing with remote control toys in our young age. With this same adventurous and imaginative mindset, we embarked on combining the two technologies: 360-degree cameras and aerial drones. In this article we present the development of an approach to an aerial virtual reality 360 video capture technique. We retrofitted a drone with a 360 spherical panorama camera for acquiring source aerial visual content. Our case study, as described in this article, reproduces an experiment using a 360-fly-by video for the intended use of an event launching in which user perception was being observed in terms of practicality and suitability A user study was conducted to gauge the usability of comparing aerial VR360 being experienced on hand-held multimedia tablets and head-mount-devices (HMD). We also describe the proposed configuration and workflow of aerial 360-video and identify its potential capabilities and limitations, a user evaluation study and directions for future work. In the discussion section, we share how this setup can affect the decisions of the producer, director or the director photography in achieving the creative shot that they aim to produce.
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Conference (18 outputs)
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| 2019 |
See Z, Santano D, Fong CH, Thwaites H, 'Tomb of a Sultan: A VR Digital Heritage Approach', 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018), San Francisco (2019) [E1]
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| 2019 | Lizbeth G, Tara M, See ZS, Wooi Har O, Craig H, 'Mapping Identity in Real and Virtual Format: AR Map of Me', Sydney (2019) | ||||
| 2019 | Lizbeth G, See ZS, Wooi Har O, Craig H, Mark B, 'Co-designed VR and AR solutions for empowerment of SMARTageing communities', Sydney (2019) | ||||
| 2018 |
Santano D, See ZS, Fong CH, Thwaites H, 'Aerial virtual reality 360 research-creation', Proceedings of the 2017 23rd International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2017 (2018) © 2017 IEEE. This paper presents a development of an aerial virtual reality 360 video capture approach. A drone was converted and retrofitted with a 360 spherical panorama camera ... [more] © 2017 IEEE. This paper presents a development of an aerial virtual reality 360 video capture approach. A drone was converted and retrofitted with a 360 spherical panorama camera for acquiring source aerial visual content. In this case study, an experiment of a 360-fly-by video was reproduced for the intended use of an event launching where user perception was being observed in terms of practicality and suitability. Utilizing a consumer 360 camera the Samsung Gear 360 and the DJI Inspire 1, it allowed the researcher to capture aerial 360-degree video. The paper documented the process of retrofitting the 360-camera onto the drone. Research findings on why certain drones are suitable for the 360-degree camera will be presented. A user study was conducted to gauge the usability for comparing aerial VR360 being experienced on hand-held multimedia tablets and head-mount-devices (HMD). In this paper we describe the proposed configuration and workflow of aerial 360-video and identifying its potential capabilities and limitation, a user evaluation study and directions for future work.
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| 2018 |
See ZS, Xia Sheng L, Brimo A, Thwaites H, Goodman L, 'MOOC for AR VR Training', 2018 IEEE Games, Entertainment, Media Conference (GEM), Ireland (2018) [E1]
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| 2017 |
See Z, Billinghurst M, Dey A, Santano D, Esmaeili H, Thwaites H, 'An Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Pillar for Exhibitions: A Subjective Exploration', https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/2631902, Adelaide (2017)
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Creative Work (12 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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| 2019 |
Rey U, See ZS, Neilson F, Cuneo M, Barnes-Keoghan A, O'Donnell L, et al., Please Touch: a virtual engagement with Sodeisha sculptural ceramics, Newcastle Art Gallery, Australia (2019)
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| 2018 | See Z, Thwaites H, Sultan Hussin Shah Tomb: A VR Museum Experience, Digital Heritage 2018 3rd International Congress & Expo, San Francisco (2018) | ||||
| 2017 | Matthew S, See Z, Park Bench Sojourn VR, Sunway University (2017) | ||||
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Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 3 |
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| Total funding | $22,000 |
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20191 grants / $10,000
RAPID$10,000
Funding body: School of Creative Industries
| Funding body | School of Creative Industries |
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| Project Team | Philip Matthias, Zi Siang See, Helena Bezzina, Akur Meta, Lauretta Morton, Toby Whaleboat |
| Scheme | RAPID |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2019 |
| Funding Finish | 2020 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20182 grants / $12,000
RAPID$10,000
Please Touch: a virtual engagement with Sodeisha sculptural ceramics
An industrial-academic collaboration with School of Creative Industries and Newcastle Art Gallery.
Funding body: School of Creative Industries
| Funding body | School of Creative Industries |
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| Project Team | Sarah Johnson, Una Rey, Faye Neilson, Zi Siang See, Donovan Jones, Michael Cuneo, Luke O'Donnell, Alexander Barnes-Keoghan |
| Scheme | RAPID |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2018 |
| Funding Finish | 2019 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
IEEE Games Entertainment and Media Conference, Ireland, 15 - 17 August 2018$2,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
| Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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| Scheme | FEDUA Conference Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2018 |
| Funding Finish | 2018 |
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| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Mr Zi Siang See
Position
Interaction Designer
School of Creative Industries
Faculty of Education and Arts
Contact Details
| zisiang.see@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Mobile | 0406940386 |
| Links |
Personal webpage |
Office
| Location | Level 4, NeW Space , |
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