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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…

Delegates visit from IISE(HK)

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President, Executive Committees and Members of IISE(HK) have visited Virtual Reality Centre on 24 June, 2017. Views and ideas have been shared during the visit and discussion. Members are interested in the use of virtual reality in product design and training. https://iisehk.tumblr.com/post/166637643615/iisehk-visited-hsmc-virtual-reality-lab-on-june…

Inter-disciplinary research interest groups on VR

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Inter-disciplinary research interest groups on VR Two Inter-disciplinary research interest groups on VR has been formed in the college. The two groups are: (1) Evaluating effectiveness/perception/acceptance on operations training via business game simulation and interactive coaching. The team members include Dr Kaylee Kong, Dr. Jay Hui, and Dr. Eugene Wong; (2) Research on how AR Art can…

VRC Visit from Education Bureau representatives 

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27 January 2017 Upon the successful implementation of the virtual reality and CAVE systems, representatives from Education Bureau have visited the Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) and experienced the developed virtual reality and augmented reality work, including quay crane container terminal, air cargo terminal, Van Gogh 3-in-1 VR painting, HSMC AR Tower, etc. The representatives appreciated the…

8 January 2017

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ICVAR 2017: 19th International Conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality The project development and initial results have been presented and published in an international conference on virtual reality, ICVAR 2017: 19th International Conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality on 8-9 January 2017 at Singapore. Participants exchanged views and ideas on various subjects in virtual and…

30 November 2016

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Over 450 visitors experienced VR CAVE system at HSMC Over 450 visitors have experienced the VR system, including guests, overseas scholars, academics, staff, students, practitioners, association representatives, and the general public, in VRBD Centre. Dr. Jacky Cheung, Chairman and representatives from Hong Kong Young Industrialist Council visiting the centre. Representatives from Chartered Institute of Logistics…

Visits from accreditation panel members of CILTHK

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17 November 2016 Panel members of CILTHK accreditation on BBA in Supply Chain Management (BBA-SCM) programme have visited the Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) on 17 November 2016. Director of Virtual Reality Centre, Dr. Eugene Wong, has illustrated various interactive and immersive VR scenes used for teaching and learning, including Container Terminal Quay Crane operations, Air…

14 November 2016

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An integrated exercise with the use of VR platform was carried out in the teaching module, Operations and Supply Chain Management (SCM3006), for BBA students in the School of Business. A total of  71 BBA students have participated and gained knowledge on process analysis, operations management and supply chain through the learning platform.…