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Fall 2020 Project Showcase
- Overview
- Late Nights: Graphic Novel Project
- I'm at Soup (Kinetic Typography)
- That's MY Pen!
- My Hopes and Dreams Entering Adulthood
- Proto-Typer
- Safe Islands: A design solution to promote social distancing
- Murdock From Paragon (Steampunk Costume)
- GI Smart app
- The Cage
- Totems of Time
- The Arena 2
- Circuit Critter
- Fishing Joy
- Food Security
- Laundry Day Simulation
- Recognize, Reflect, and Unite
- A Cup of Coffee, Please
- Lume
- ABM Vivacious
- Light After Death
- Moment Track
- Crimson Falcon
- ESSENTIAL: a COVID-19 Documentary
- Impossible Photography
- Witch's Brew
- Homebound
- Monster Under the Bed
- Frolicking Flower
- Brand Poster Design
- TrailMix
- Secret Box from Secret Santa
- Coffee or Tea?
- The Grand Fishery
- Argon Chalice Redesign 1
- Argon Chalice Redesign 2
- Workestra
- Ventura Future Microsite
- Paradyso
- La Petite Mort
Stories
Learn more about the stories behind our research.
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SIAT researchers aim to improve communication of COVID-19 trends through 3D visualizations
Professor Wolfgang Stuerzlinger and his colleagues have recently been named the recipients of an NSERC grant to research and develop better communication about COVID-19 trends through 3D visualization.
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Research taps AI to develop virtual efficiencies for industry
Aircraft maintenance crews could soon be checking their engines in a virtual world, given new research underway by SIAT's Wolfgang Stuerzlinger and collaborators at SFU and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC).
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COVID-19 vaccine delivery project draws on SIAT health tech expertise
As a COVID-19 vaccine draws closer, SIAT researchers Diane Gromala, Chris Shaw and a team of graduate students are working to identify those who’ll need vaccinations first—individuals who the Centre for Disease Control identifies as most vulnerable and at-risk.
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Learning as avatars transforms virtual classrooms
SIAT professor Steve DiPaola is using innovative VR teaching techniques to teach his courses remotely using a virtual classroom.
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No Child Alone: SIAT researcher develops online social network for children
Dr. Alissa Antle is partnering with Curatio to create a private social network that helps children cope with their socio-emotional needs during COVID-19.
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International team develops advanced COVID-19 virtual reality training simulations
COVID-19 has made face-to-face training difficult for healthcare workers and medical staff. Learn how researchers from SIAT are working with an international team to tackle this problem using virtual reality.
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Slow Interaction Design: Advances in Research and Practice
Dr. William Odom has recently been awarded a 5-year research grant to investigate the theoretical and practical development of slow interaction design.
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How posthumanism plays a role in designing for the unknown ↗
Dr. Ron Wakkary discusses how posthumanism plays a role in designing for the unknown in this episode of Future Talks with Fab Lab Barcelona.
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SIAT faculty members awarded 2020 research and resource grants
Three SIAT faculty members have been awarded research and resource grants to support their diverse research projects.
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An AI painter that creates portraits based on the traits of human subjects ↗
Dr. Steve DiPaola discusses the AI system he and colleagues created that artificially replicates the process through which human artists paint portraits.
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SIAT alumna runs study with rural Chinese students and augmented reality for learning English
Together with her former supervisor Dr. Alissa Antle, SIAT alumna Dr. Min Fan ran a field study investigating how children from rural, low socioeconomic status schools used and perceived an AR app in English language learning.
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Touching your loved ones over distance ↗
Dr. Carman Neustaedter discusses supporting touch over distance through new technologies.
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Visualizing science: how colour determines what we see
Dr. Lyn Bartram discusses the role of colour in data visualization.
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Chantal Gibson's new art show features work by SFU Pub and SIAT students
Chantal Gibson's new art show A Grammar of Loss: Studies in Erasure explores representations of Blackness in the Canadian cultural landscape.
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SIAT professor contributes to a sold out MOMA show
Steve Dipaola recently contributed his AI generated art to the sold out show "God in Three Persons" that played at the Museum of Modern Art.
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