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Conference Paper Presentation on IEEE TALE 2017

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14 December 2017 A research paper “The influence of learners’ openness to IT experience on the attitude and perceived learning effectiveness with virtual reality technologies” has been accepted and presented in the IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) in Hong Kong on 12-14 December 2017. The authors of the paper includes…

Student Group Project Presentation in the General Education Module “Virtual Reality for Society”

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5 December 2017 A General Education Module “Virtual Reality for Society” has been launched in the first semester of 2017/18. Student enrollment is overwhelming. One of the coursework is student group project. Students build their own Virtual Reality scenes with particular themes and objectives. The project presentation is held on 5 December 2017. Seven groups of…

Augmented Reality Public Art Initiative – Workshop by John Criag Freeman

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28-29 November 2017 Prof John Craig Freeman, Professor of New Media Art, Department of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, USA, has been invited to Hong Kong to deliver two workshops in Hang Seng Management College on 28 – 29 November 2017 (Tuesday and Wednesday). The theme of the workshop is “Augmented Reality Public Art Initiative –…

2017 HCMS Annual Seminar

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Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) of Hang Seng Management College was invited to deliver a talk on ‘How VR and AR Can Bring Innovation and Better Productivity to Enterprise?’ in the 2017 HCMS Annual Seminar organised by Hong Kong Management Association on 21 October 2017. There are about 100 participants in the event. Dr. Eugene Wong,…

GE Salon – “How will virtual reality change our lives?”

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3 October 2017 GE Salon of Centre for Teaching and Learning and Virtual Reality Centre have jointly organised a seminar about Virtual Reality for Society on 3 October 2017 (Tuesday). The theme of the seminar is “How will virtual reality change our lives?”. Mr. Philip Kong, Chief Operating Officer, Virtual Reality Technology Holdings Limited and Vice-President, 3Glasses…

Visit to School of Creative Media on Dunhuang and PLACE-Hampi VR Project

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A site visit to School of Creative Media (SCM), The City University of Hong Kong, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre has been carried out for 40 students who are studying a General Education module “Virtual Reality for Society (SCM2201)” on 26 September 2017 (Tuesday). Students visited the VR CAVE facilities and two virtual reality projects of SCM. The…

How VR and AR Can Bring Innovation and Better Productivity to Enterprise?

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Invited by Dr. Daniel Mo, Principal Investigator of Research Grant Council Project “Intelligent Systems Ready for the Digital Future of Supply Chains”, Dr. Eugene Wong has delivered a seminar on “How VR and AR Can Bring Innovation and Better Productivity  to Enterprise?” on 21 September 2017. Recent trends, principles of VR, and how enterprise can apply…

Van Gogh’s 3-in-1 in VR arrives HSMC

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Van Gogh’s 3-in- 1 in VR arrives HSMC The most famous paintings of Vincent van Gogh, namely The Starry Night, The Yellow House, and The Bedroom, have arrived Virtual Reality Center (VRC) in the form of virtual reality (VR)! In the centre, visitors can interactively and immersively walk in the world of Van Gogh’s three…

Augmented Reality in Art Appreciation: HSMC Clock Tower & Artwork Instant Drawing board

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Augmented Reality in Art Appreciation: HSMC Clock Tower & Artwork Instant Drawing board   VR Centre (VRC) has developed HSMC clock tower with instant drawing and GPS function as a Augmented Reality (AR) Art Appreciation prototype. This in-house project is jointly developed with Department of Social Science, HSMC, to facilitate students in appreciating art and…

Over 1,200 guests visited Virtual Reality Center and its VRBD Lab

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Over 1,200 guests visited Virtual Reality Center and its VRBD Lab Over 1,200 visitors from over 90 various organisations have experienced the Virtual Reality (VR) systems in Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) and its Virtual Reality and Big Data Analytics Lab (VRBD Lab). Representatives from government, institutions, companies, colleges, and schools, for example, Hong Kong Council…