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The Hub Studio

DXP403 Lab Report

Designing Interactions, Masters of Creative Industries, Interactive and Visual Design.

Submitted by: Weile Zhang (n9036539)

Project Journal: http://weilezhangarg.tumblr.com

The Hub Studio

Date of visit: 12.10.2015

Name of Lab/Studio: Hub Studio

Actual Address: Z Block, Kelvin Grove Campus, QUT

Virtual Address: https://www.facebook.com/HubGames

                            https://twitter.com/HubGamesAus

Key Roles and activities

Virtual reality (VR) technology, is a popular term in IVD industries since last two decades. This technology is dedicated to present audience a real world scene via electronic screen and devices. This technique brings new possibility to traditional game and video industries. In addition, both audiences and players can enjoy the immersive experience to become part of component in the story world. To simulate the real world settings, VR technology can offer multiple sensory feelings, which include eyesight, listening, touch feeling and even smell or taste (Wikipedia 2015).

The work or mission of HUB Studio is to research and develop relevant demos and software products for VR devices such as, Oculus Rift. Firstly, Wesley Heard, the VR Artist of Hub Studio started off by showing us all how he creates a 3D environment setting by using 3D Max. For example, the furniture in a house, some old marks on the wall to form a scary environment. The 3D modelling process is really complex and it will cost a large amount of time to simulate the real world, so that audience can take part in the environment fast. Then Wesley introduced us a really useful tool named Unreal Engine 4. It is an excellent development tools created by game developers. Developers can use this game engine product creates many types of VR related games (Unreal Engine 2015).

Subsequently, Nathan Corporal, the sound designer, give us interesting introduction for his work. Theoretically, Nathan’s work is to offer audience a real sound experience in the VR products. They use professional audio devices, named Zoom recorder (The Zoom H4nSP), to collect sound in real environment. Additionally, editing them via professional audio edit software, such as: FMOD Studio, an audio middle ware to add logic and environment speciality on the original audio. Designers add different effectiveness on the original sound. Hence, the audience can feel the different environment just by audio. For example, the footsteps on stone road is opposite different to that of on grassland. Their work utilises the natural working theories of human’s ear. Overall, a virtual reality project is the cooperation of 3D landscape design and sound edition.

Lastly, the most interesting and attractive thing is we tried the latest VR devices – Oculus Rift, accompanied by several demos, such as Showdown (a slow motion demo), Dreadhalls (a horror game), painting tool and Colosse (3D interactive animation). I am so excited that I can try the Dreadhalls. This game demo is work perfectly through Oculus Rift. As a game player, I can explore the map and use tools to open a lock door. When the monster shows, I just want to escape. Overall, I cannot wait to play a complete game product like this one.

Main Stakeholders of the work undertaken

The direct stakeholders are the product designer and the large amount related game designers and video makers. These professional designers are directly construct the VR technology. A remarkable product should accompany by numerous demo to ensure their work performance maintains a high level. This demo can also support the development of this technology. For example, the VR painting software is a good attempt on education and creative design industries.

Subsequently, the indirect stakeholders are the industries that can develop via this technology, such as: education and medical care fields. Initially, VR technology is a great change for educator to change their teaching methods. For example, student can wear VR helmet to experience the inaccessible historical event, study the structure of scientific model. The exciting immersive environment will increase people study efficiency. Meanwhile, the medical clinician, especially psychological doctor can apply this technology with their patient to help them conquer the fear in their mind.

Inspiration

The most interesting aspect for me is the VR helmet can bring me such immersive feelings. Virtual reality and mix reality (this term from Microsoft 2015 event) technology redesigns the human-computing interactive industries. People can actually transfer the fiction environment to the real world. The remarkable experience is human being never met before. I gain the inspiration that people can decrease the steps of designing a virtual world. Currently, we still need brilliant designers to create the environment for audience. In the future, the advanced technology may has possible to read people’s mind and transfer peoples mind to the VR computer system, so that audience can have individual customised experience.

But this development may increase some ethic problem. Some people may lose direction between virtual and real world. The real immersive game world will let some audience addicted on it and avoid their real daily life.

Design Opportunities

This technology can offer audience immersive and vivid sense experience. Hence, I assume this technology is suit for education and medical industries. Firstly, the dramatic format is more acceptable than traditional media, such as paper book and video. If the educational institution can apply this technology in class, student will understand knowledge easier than before.

Meanwhile, visual reality technology can be used for mental health therapy, such as autism. Psychological clinician can customise different types of immersive video for patients. This method is efficient and scientific than “hypnosis treatment”.

 References

Dr. Deb Polson’s Tumblr site: http://argplay.tumblr.com/

FMOD Studio Website: http://www.fmod.org

Mobile VR jam: http://vrjam.devpost.com/updates/3462-meet-your-mobile-vr-jam-winners

Resources for experience: http://www.jauntvr.com/content/

Rift – the VR Mask or glasses: https://www.oculus.com/en-us/rift/

Unreal Engine official website: https://www.unrealengine.com/what-is-unreal-engine-4

Wikipedia “VR”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality - Concept_origins

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Design Proposal

Designing Interactions, Masters of Creative Industries, Interactive and Visual Design.

Submitted by: Weile Zhang (n9036539)

Project Journal: http://weilezhangarg.tumblr.com

City Tour– VR Travel Experience System

In this design proposal, I would like to imagine and design a project which will apply visual reality (VR) technology and gesture tracking technology in tourist guide industries. This project is designed to offer tourist a total new travel experience. They can pre experience the favourable landmarks and enjoy an immersive video presentation via the VR helmet. Tourists can start their amazing virtual tour by wearing the VR devices in the room. This design project can be used in several places such as airport, train station and tourist centre. In the future, if the visual reality devices are applying widely, this project will be efficient to offer tourist support and become an exciting advertising method for the city.

Design Concept

Project purpose

The purpose of my design concept is to offer more effective and exciting experience for tourist when they first arrive at a strange destination. The characteristic of VR helmet is offer audience an opportunity to immerse in a simulative real environment. This virtual scene is often divided to two categories. Firstly, fiction environment, such as: film and game industries. Another category is based on the real existing places. My project is designed in latter category. Tourists can receive the large amount of information and knowledge of tourist attractions. Meanwhile, this advanced technology can replace the traditional running model of tourist support centre. Airport and tourist centre are the main windows for a city to leave deep impression to tourists.

Why is it of interest and who to?

This project is based on the visual reality technology; this technology can offer people incredible visual experience immediately. Therefore, I believe this technology will be helpful in guide system. Especially in the industries which should use map and landscape presentation applications. Applying this technology in tourist support fields can increase the tourists’ experience and save their time. For example, the tourist from another country do not need to worry about the language problem and communication problem to local volunteer and staff. The tourist can pre-set their language through their phone and they do not need any further setting on the VR devices in the airport.  It can also increase the use rate of devices due to the possible limited time and devices’ quantity.

Potential impact on the lab

The VR technology includes two parts, the hardware devices and software application. The software application is more important to add potential creativity on this technology.  In my project, the tour information can be demonstrated by several methods, such as 3D video and real environment illustration. These visual content needs the cooperation between VR technology lab (such as Hub Studio), travel company and government sections. The government and travel company can offer professional material of travel information and tourist attractions. The lab can use their professional and creative approaches to represent these materials. For example, the video maker can design an immersive video demonstration to show the history of the city or specific scenery spot. This format as an introduction that advertising the attraction to tourists. It is obvious effective than literal description.

Potential impact on the stakeholders

If the lab can solve the technique problems, this design project will bring remarkable change. In this project, the main stakeholders, such as tourist centre, will save a large amount of work and human resources. Firstly, they do not need to prepare many paper material and advertisements for tourists. These types of travel information are difficult to update and people need cost time on it to find the information they need.  Secondly, tourist centre can decrease the number of staff and volunteers. For instance, in some international tour cities, the tourist centre often has several staff to offer multi-language service. Once they can use VR helmet as the best solution, their working efficiency will increase significantly.

Design Visualisations

Theoretically, the main experience process is the using of VR helmet. Tourist can have an overview of their destination city.

VR Map experience

Firstly, after the loading page, the audience can view the city’s full view as shown of a 3D map. Audience can use gesture, such as: sway, sweep and fist, to control the angle of the map and choose landmark, such as: city council and city zoo. Audience fells like flying in the air. This experience can help them relax and immerse them in the VR world quickly.

Gesture description

There are three types of gesture that audience can use in this visual reality program.

1.     Pinch: audience can control the size of the map and their view.

2.     Sway: audience can use this gesture control the angle of 3D map.

3.     Fist: this gesture means “confirm”.

Immersive video presentation

Secondly, audience can hold their fist to choose a prefer landmark to explore more information. They can enjoy a short immersive video. The video demonstrates the development condition of this place. Audience can walk on the street to see how the landscape is changed continually. The tourists become a part of the history event.

The most important thing is this video experience can offer audience a brief but attractive introduction for tourist attraction. This function is dedicated to raise people interest and guide them to the real places. This visual tour will not replace the traditional travel plan. After the tourist finish the visual tour through VR helmet in the airport or tourist centres, they can choose the 3D route guide services. Computer system will then show them route and transport advice through VR helmet. Finally, they can start their real travel.

Scenario

Step 1: tourists arrived airport or they ask tourist centre for help. They met some understand problem. So the staff advices they can experience the latest VR technology to explore some interesting contents. Their problem will be solved.

Step 2: the tourist wears the VR helmet and use the gesture devices to start their virtual travel. They feel so excited for this new technology. The interesting story and history of this city are attractive and they cannot wait to go to the real place and touch the “history”.

Step 3: they finish the virtual tour and it cost around 10-20 minutes. But they have a clear and amazing experience. Some tourist attractions leave deep impression to them and they have the plan for next several days’ travel.

References

Dr. Deb Polson’s Tumblr site: http://argplay.tumblr.com/

G-Speak: http://www.oblong.com/g-speak/

Oculus Rift website: https://www.oculus.com/en-us/rift/

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Lab Visit 05: Virtual Reality Part 2.

Today we visited HUB Studio to experience Oculus Rift VR Worlds for the first time.

Hub Studios VR Artist and Honours student, Wesley Heard, started off by showing us all how he constructs 3D assets in 3D Max and then introduced us to the Unreal Engine interface.

Then the HUB Studio Sound Designer and Honours student, Nathan Corporal, introduced us to recording and editing (Reaper) sound for 3D Audio integration in VR (FMOD).

We then got to try out the Unreal Engine 4 demo, Showdown and other works such as Colosse, Dread Halls by Sergio Hidalgo and Nighttime Terror by Mark Schramm... and others. Such fun!

This was our last Masters session for this special unit. The Lab Visits were a wonderful experience and I can only hope that the students were inspired by the access so many wonderful people gave us to their studios, technologies, projects, designers, developers and researchers. 

And a massive thanks to all of the students of the MCI IVD program at QUT. I learned a great deal from you all and very was reinvigorated as a lecturer by your energy, enthusiasm, thoughtfulness and creativity throughout the semester.

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from Deb’s Tumblr

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People just screaming and loose balance when they experience Oculus Rift.

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Lab Visits: VR Technology Part 1 - Global Goggles

This class we experienced the VR technology briefly by using “Global Goggles”, a simple but fascinating handcraft leaves interesting first impression for us to recognize VR industries.

This devices is a technical glasses which should cooperate with VR apps in smart phones. however, it may has trouble to fit large screen. 

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Bio-fabrication Printing Lab

DXP403 Lab Report

Designing Interactions, Masters of Creative Industries, Interactive and Visual Design.

Submitted by: Weile Zhang (n9036539)

Project Journal: http://weilezhangarg.tumblr.com

Bio-fabrication Printing Lab

Date of visit: 14.09.2015

Name of Lab/Studio: Bio-fabrication Lab

Actual Address: 60 Musk Ave, IHBI Building

Virtual Address: woodruffgroup.org

Key Roles and activities

This lab visit is fascinating because of the 3D printing technology is another revolution that can bring change to many industries. My professional background is product, hence, I recognised 3D printing technology in my university. This technology is amazing because it links virtual models and physical products closely. This is helpful for industrial design. Basically, 3D printing machine prints layer by layer to construct the whole shape of a model. It cost plastics in most of times. Because this the cost is cheap and fast than many traditional manufacture, people nowadays can use many materials for 3D printing techniques. For example, food, furniture, motor vehicles and even a house. while in this Lab, the more exciting item is people nowadays can apply 3D printing in medical care region, which is called “bio-fabrication technology”. This project devotes to customize tissue replacements to save people’s life and help them to recuperate from accident, disease and birth defects. This technology needs the cooperation of dynamic research group, including some science practitioners, such as bio-scientist physicist engineers and clinicians. This is also a new work pattern that can bring more creativity for traditional medical care industries.

Work flow of 3D organ printing

Associate Professor Mia Woodruff introduced the work flow of 3D printing in medical fields for us. Theoretically, the whole process is divided to three main steps. First of all, they use clinical scan machines, such as CT, MRI and 3D laser, to produce the specific shape and data from patients’ wound.

subsequently, after the analysis of the condition of the injury and patient’s body, researchers will draw the bio-fabricate tissue by special software. The large difference to normal 3D printing in this stage is researchers will add “bio-inks” in the printed organs. This technology is the key to whether patients can be cured perfectly. As the image shown, we can still see the break between the 3D printed organ and original parts of patient’s body, but the cells have already grown together, which means the body tissues have recovered.

Lastly, the print machine will print out the specific shape of organs, such as an ear, a piece of bone, to match the wound of patient. After these advanced developments, patients can save a lot of time in recovery and it is also helpful for them to release the physical and psychological burden.

Material safety

As I mentioned above, 3D print machine can use almost all materials. However, because of the specialty of medical surgery, the materials they used in a patient’s body should be safe. Currently, the materials they apply are entirely safe for people’s physical health. They often use PCL or PLA plastics. These materials passed the test by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC), and the study shows the material is 100% biodegradable, healthy and nontoxic for human bodies.

Main Stakeholders of the work undertaken

Initially, in the medical field, the obvious direct stakeholders of 3D printing technique are medical doctors and patients. This technology brings efficiency to the daily works of hospital. Doctors can apply their professional skills more easily and patients do not need to bear too much pain in the recovery stage.

Considering the complex working process, there are also some indirect stakeholders. Because this technology is new in traditional medical industries, there are some issues may exist, for example, ensuring the accuracy of the model or choosing the most suitable material for artificial cells.

Generally, 3D printing is more mature in other industries, for example, people can use 3D printing technology to construct many houses in a short time period, because the budget cost of this technology is affordable and the work process is efficient. Therefore, the traditional manufacturer is another direct stakeholder. The traditional factory may apply this technology to increase the quantity and this can be another unique point for advertising and selling.

Inspiration

The most interesting aspect to me is the transformation process of 3D producing. Currently, this technique is used in many industries. For example, the fashion designers use it to produce a new style of dressing. It inspired me that this technology can play important role in sustainable development. If the 3D printing can popularize in the future and the printing speed become faster, everyone can have their own printing machine. They can print any products they like. It is convenient that people can customise their own lifestyle without restriction. The best thing is we will not produce too much rubbish anymore, because all plastics can be collect and reused in 3D printing machines.

Design Opportunities

After this lab visit and the followed research, there are some design opportunities can be recognized. Firstly, this technology can be more accessible by the intervention of interactive design. In the future, it is easy to imagine that people can apply 3D print technology more easily. It may transform the market environment of traditional manufacture. The traditional shopping mall may not exist because people can shop online, and even the material express service is not necessary, because customers can “print” their fashionable clothing. Therefore, the short term design opportunity is to create a 3D print access or application that normal users can get access to 3D print service everyday.

In the long term future, the brands will become the app or cooperators with 3D print company. These product companies can launch their virtual product online and receive profit from data download quantity. The industries will become similar to the mobile technology industries today.

 References

ABC news: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-31/preparations-continue-for-pioneering-medical-3d-printing-degree/5857376

Dr. Deb Polson’s Tumblr site: http://argplay.tumblr.com/

http://www.nature.com/news/the-printed-organs-coming-to-a-body-near-you-1.17320

Organ printing technology in QUT: http://www.qutnews.com/2014/05/09/aussie-universities-leading-the-way-in-3d-printed-body-part-technology/#.VhN1qbwZiKw

3D printing introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=141&v=Vx0Z6LplaMU

Absolutely bio-fabulous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71y-Pw9XYbw&feature=youtu.be

3D organ printing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PV6WZywE-4&feature=youtu.be

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The Cube & Movement Tracking

DXP403 Lab Report

Designing Interactions, Masters of Creative Industries, Interactive and Visual Design.

Submitted by: Weile Zhang (n9036539)

Project Journal: http://weilezhangarg.tumblr.com

The Cube & Movement Tracking

Date of visit: 03.08.2015

Name of Lab/Studio: The Cube Installation

                         The latest foot tracking and gesture technology

                         G-Speak Motion Capture by Oblong

                         Leap Motion

Actual Address: P Block, Garden’s Point Campus, QUT

Virtual Address: http://www.thecube.qut.edu.au

Key Roles and activities

The Cube is located in level 4, P Block, QUT GP Campus. This lab includes one of the world's largest digital screens and advanced technologies of movement tracking. The intention of the lab is to provide an inspiring, explorative and participatory experience for science and engineering research.

The Cube - Multi-touch screen system

The Cube has a large screen and is unique because of several aspects. The first aspect is the large screen, MultiTaction® Cell 55, produced by MultiTouch Ltd. This company first introduced the largest multi-user LCD display. The display demonstrates an incredible user experience for the audience. It can satisfy unlimited number of users, multiple tools such as hands and electronic pens. Lastly, this screen is suitable for almost any environment, such as desks or walls. The display system located in QUT is composed of five zones. These screens often present different types of games or interactive interface, for example, the Chemistry World, Physics Playroom and The Arcade. These projects illustrate an enjoyable experience for the audience. People can receive useful knowledge by playing these interesting games.

Foot tracking system

We visit the lab for foot steps and gesture tracking technologies subsequently. This lab includes two large screens, several camera systems on the celling and three unique devices on the ground. These advanced devices demonstrate the latest technology of gesture tracking. First of all, Adam introduced the laser tracking system which is produced by SICK company. The tracking system is combined by three separate scanners. We could easily watch our footprint movement on the screen.

Gesture tracking system

Then, Adam showed the gesture tracking technology. It includes a special glove, which is called Oblong G-speak, and a sensor, the leap motion controller, which looks like a normal USB key connected to computer system. Users could immediately see a virtual image on the screen following their movement in real time. This technology is a mature product that can be used in many industries, including a smart drive system, art creativity, education, medical care and retail fields. This technology offers fantastic experience and possibility for human beings. Meanwhile, the Oblong G-speak glove is another amazing technique. Users can transform their hand to be a remote controller. They can cooperate with the software to do interesting interactions. These technologies illustrate uncountable achievement for many industries. For example, they can be used in Virtual Reality games (VRG). Overall, these technologies really blur the edge between virtual and real world.

Main Stakeholders of the work undertaken

According to the visits and further research on this area, there are some direct and indirect stakeholders that can be identified. Firstly, the interactive and visual designers are the direct stakeholders, because the technology offers possibility for the designers’ creativity. On the other hand, the entertainment industries, especially filming industries, are the indirect stakeholders as they have already experienced the benefits from 3D movement tracing technology. For example, the translation between a storyboard, such as in science fiction, and the real movie shot becomes achievable. 3D technology also helps reduce a budget for a film company as they do not need to hire many actors.

Inspiration

There are several technologies of the Cube that are interesting. Firstly, the large touch screen is remarkable. At first glance, I believed the panels were special because of their large size; but when I experienced it and received the introduction sessions, I now understand that these large touch screens catch and analyze people’s movement by computer behind the screens. The working concepts are totally different to the small touch screen on our mobile devices. Secondly, the technology of movement and gesture tracking contain incredible possibility. They can be used everywhere as a new choice. As the introduction video of multi-touch screen shows, these advanced technologies can be used in educational fields. Children and teenagers can receive knowledge by a new method or they can explore a new area for using these technologies.

Design Opportunities

Basically, I believe the multi touch screen, movement and gesture technologies have large potential in entertainment, education and healthcare industries.

Firstly, creating something interesting is always offers people enough energy to stay creative and critical. The gesture and movement tracking technologies can be used in game and film area perfectly. Actually, the difference between game and film is becoming unclear, because of the VR techniques. I believe it has opportunities that these technology companies can work with film company to create a new type of movie. In this situation, the audience can control the storytelling via special devices and decide the environment of the settings or the result of actors’ fate.

Then, the gesture tracking technologies and multi-touch technology can offer the unique study experience for children and adolescents. For instance, if the Oblong glove is popular in school, teacher can show the knowledge in another way. Student can watch the Solar system in 3D environment and they can control the movement of planets to observe the change.

Finally, these tools can be used in medical area. For example, the Oblong G-speak skills can be used in presentation of professional medical models. Because the biological models are often complicated, the VR technology can help professional staff to increase working efficiency. On the other hand, clinicians and patients can have more specified communications. Patient may observe their organs so they can have more detailed recognition about their body.

References

Dr. Deb Polson’s Tumblr site: http://argplay.tumblr.com/

The Cube website: http://www.thecube.qut.edu.au/about/

The Cube at QUT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTjjX5mW_aY&feature=youtu.be

The official video for this display product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ve44jMgrvk

The product page of MultiTouch company: http://www.multitaction.com/products/displays/

The lean motion website: https://www.leapmotion.com/?lang=en

Video of Oblong G-Speak: https://vimeo.com/49131041

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12th October 2015    The HUB Studio

The HUB Studio is working for design and test the related product about VR helmet. Basically, their work includes two parts, the 3D model design and sound design.

Firstly, Wesley Heard, introduce the landscape design by 3D Max. he designs a 3D environment which can be used in VR devices for testing and real game. The environment settings are important to offer audience a real feeling. Every individual stuff or furniture in the landscape is moveable.

Secondly, the sound design is exciting. theoretically, sound designer dedicates to offer audience a real sound environment. they use professional audio devices to collect sound in real environment and then edit them via professional audio software. designers add different effectiveness on the original sound. Hence, the audience can feel the different environment just by audio. they use the working theories of human’s ear, like a sonar. 

Finally, we have chance to experience the Oculus Rift, the latest VR glasses product. We experienced several different types of demo which produced by HUB Studio, such as: games, 3D animation and painting software. All of these experience are fist time for me and it is really exciting and inspiring for my own creative idea.

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Microsoft Hololens demo at Windows 10 devices event

Watch Microsoft Hololens demo at Windows 10 devices event. A game named Project X-Ray was revealed, and it was INSANE. Microsoft just announced that HoloLens...

Microsoft Hololens is a latest mix-reality devices. This device is based on the similar theories of VR helmet. the different aspect is this device will work based on users real environment surrounded. The internal micro-camera will detect the shape of landscape. Therefore, users can receive interesting experience via the mix of virtual and real world. 

However, as a game device, I think Hololens do not have a long term attraction for professional game players, because mix reality can not offer more extended experience and surprise to users. Meanwhile, Hololens can become a great life supporter for general users. People can apply this technology for long distance support. This can be an extension of video chat.

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Microsoft HoloLens

Transform your world with holograms. Microsoft HoloLens brings high-definition holograms to life in your world.

The latest VR device launched by Microsoft. This VR glasses can suit multiple environment settings. Users can wear it and play games which are based on their own room environment.

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Lab Visit 03: Biofabrication Lab at QUT

Associate Professor Mia Woodruff, Sean Powell, Naomi Paxton and other researchers greeted us at the QUT Institute of health and Biomedical Innovation and began the special session with a presentation outlining the background research, collaborators and the processes and techniques involved in the 3D printing of body parts. Then smaller groups took turns in visiting the Biofabrication Lab to see the printers and sample printed materials… and see a demonstration of the various software applications used in the Lab.

As interaction designers, some stand-out topics:

3D Scanning, Processing and Visualisation

Testing processes and requirements

Laboratory users and how they interface with data, technology and each other

3D data <> 3D Printing - controlling calibration and accuracy

3D modelling, animating and customisation

Patient experience - and how patients interface with the researchers, medical experts and laboratory processes

Tools (applications/devices) and control interfaces (input and output)

Communication systems - researchers, patients, government, organizations and the public

Design Process, Analysis and Intervention  - before, during and after Printing occurs?

Can you think of any others?

More information on the QUT Biofabrication Lab, their researchers and the very important work that they all do.

https://youtu.be/4PV6WZywE-4 

https://youtu.be/71y-Pw9XYbw 

http://theconversation.com/from-science-fiction-to-reality-the-dawn-of-the-biofabricator-45309

http://www.nature.com/news/the-printed-organs-coming-to-a-body-near-you-1.17320

And the broader community: https://twitter.com/hashtag/biofabrication

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3D printed organs another step closer as biofabrication enters university mainstream

Australian students will soon be learning how to use 3D printing to churn out living replacement body parts.

This is an ABC news that introduce the condition of 3D organic printing industries in Australia especially in QUT.

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Today we visited the 3D printing lat, about biomaterials and tissue morphology. It’s amazing! awesome!

Originally, I think they can print anything including real organ, but the lab just study the replacement tissue, which belong to biofabrication.

So, how do they work?

Firstly, using clinical scan machine, such as CT, MRI, 3d laser to get for the patient injury data. Then, through the analyze of the morphology of the injury and context of the body, drawing the biofabricate morphologically accurate tissue by special software. After that, they can print the specific tissue to match the patient. The material they apply is very safe for our body, which is PCL/ PLA plastic. It is passed test by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, and the studied show the material is 100% biodegradable and nontoxic for human body.

I hope this technology can develop faster, because it is really helpful and meaningful for medical science.

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Unfortunately, I arrived late yesterday and I missed part of the introduction session, but it's still amazing that I can visit the 3D printing Lab.

I read the Tumblr update from my classmates Kirin (click here to Kirin's Tumblr) and I reference the following working flows from their blog. Basically, the work theories of 3D printing in medical fields are divided to three main steps. Initially, they use clinical scan machine, such as CT, MRI and 3D laser, to produce the detailed figure from patient.

Subsequently, "through the analyze of the morphology of the injury and context of the body, drawing the biofabricate morphologically accurate tissue by special software."

Thirdly, they can print the  specific shape of organ, such as an ear, a bone, to match the wound of patient.

The most important thing is, the materials they apply are totally safe for people's physical condition. They often use PCL/ PLA plastic. It is passed test by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, and "the studied show the material is 100% biodegradable and nontoxic for human body."

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Lab Visits