visualisation Archive

Experiments in Astrocinematography

Posted on September 28, 2011 | No Comments
R&D in astrocinematography of the the southern skies, using various motion-control camera systems we’ve developed. Environmental cinematography (landscape, skyscape, seascape, celestial) and immersive imaging in remote (and often difficult) places creates specific challenges in developing hardware and software platforms to capture and create immersive content...
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Visualizing Pausiris @ MONA

Posted on July 12, 2011 | 2 Comments
Visualization of a 2000-year-old Egyptian Mummy – Peter Morse & Paul Bourke We first started working upon the idea of visualizing one of the Egyptian Mummies from the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA, Tasmania) collection in 2007, when I was approached by the...
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Fulldome HDR Timelapse Experiment (2010)

Posted on March 27, 2011 | No Comments
Shot at Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Basically a test of our self-designed-and-built motion-contolled (moco) camera tracking system, using a Canon 5D MkII, with custom intervalometer. This is genuine HDR using triple exposure (-2,0,2 f-stops) aperture-controlled with moco synchronisation. No fHDR or tone-mapping from...
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Ice Museum Explained ISVRI 2011 (2011)

Posted on March 22, 2011 | No Comments
An attempt to explain some of the ideas behind ‘The Ice Museum’ fulldome movie. This was made for the ISVRI 2011 conference in Singapore, where it is being presented by my collaborator, Paul Bourke. The audience is, of course, a scientifically-interested one, so that is...
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SCARI : Sullivan’s Cove Augmented Reality Interface

Posted on February 2, 2011 | 1 Comment
A brief overview of our proposed (but under development) Sullivan’s Cove Augmented Reality Interface. This is one outcome of our Geeks-in-Residence program with the Salamanca Arts Centre and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. It will be tied-in to the development of the National Broadband Network, as...
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Visualizing GVDem2008

Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
Some months ago I attended a workshop held by the CEAMARC group of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML), held at the Australian Antarctic Division. It provided me with a fascinating overview of the extensive activities of both CAML and CEAMARC, and opened the...
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Heritage Visualisation on iPhone

Posted on April 11, 2010 | No Comments
Mawson’s Huts Interactive Guide on iPhone An experimental iPhone app for heritage visualisation. A simple two-digit navigation system is demonstrated for interactive realtime walkthrough of Mawson’s Huts, Antarctica, using the Unity game engine. Users can explore the interior and exterior of Mawson’s Huts and a...
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Sea Surface Temperature & Height Anomalies Visualisation (2010)

Posted on April 6, 2010 | No Comments
Some experiments using Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) data to create visualisations of the global ocean. The emphasis is upon the Southern hemisphere, looking at ocean circulation around Antarctica. Created by Peter Morse and Ben Raymond (Australian Antarctic Division.) Images...
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MHF 2009-2010 Visualisation Presentation

Posted on March 21, 2010 | No Comments
A high-speed overview of visualisation activities I undertook during the 2009-2010 Mawson’s Huts Expedition to Cape Denison, Antarctica. A screen version of the talk presented at the MHF seminar at the Australian Museum, Sydney, 18 March 2010.
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The Ice Museum

Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments
a memory of tomorrow The Ice Museum is a fulldome movie about Antarctica, the oceans that surround it and a point in history when it began to be understood. Beginning with Mawson’s Huts, it traces their origins during the 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), moving...
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