Selected Publications
Here are a few of selected publications by members of the research centre. These papers are indexed in IEEE, ACM and many more.
Fauzan Mustaffa; Peter Charles Woods; Mohamad Izani Zainal Abidin; Harold Thwaites; Muhammed Fauzi Othman. (2023). Bridges of Post Melaka Sultanate across Centuries DOI: 10.2991/978-2-38476-138-8_5
Su Hong Gick, Giselle; Thwaites, Harold.(2023). ‘Creating a Tool to Explore Intergenerational Understandings Through the use of Virtual Reality in Malaysia’Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue.
DOI: 10.34074/junc.23003
Santano, Delas, Thwaites, Harold. (2022). ‘The Soul of The Masks: A Journey Through Mah Meri Indigenous Carvings’. Junctures: The Journal of Thematic Dialogue. DOI: 10.34074/junc.22080
Nordin, H., Razak, B. A., Mokhtar, N., & Jamaludin, M. F. (2022). Feature Extraction of Mold Defects on Fine Arts Painting using Derivative Oriented Thresholding. Journal of Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life, 9(2), 192-201.
Esmaeili, Human; Thwaites, Harold. (2021). Addressing environmental awareness through immersive VR experiences, gamification and hypothetical scenario development. Virtual Creativity, 2021-10-01 DOI: 10.1386/vcr_00049_1
Thwaites, Harold (2021), ‘Heritage preservation in the post-digital era: How much information is enough?’, Virtual Creativity, 11:1, pp. 9–31, https://doi.org/10.1386/vcr_00038_1
Santano, Delas, Esmaeili, Human, Thwaites, Harold and Amar, Shamsul (2021),‘Unmasking the Mah Meri mask: A digitization journey for AR and VR’, Virtual Creativity, 11:1, pp. 33–51, https://doi.org/10.1386/vcr_00041_1
Sansom, Matthew and See, Zi Siang (2021), ‘Translating performative media- ted art into virtual reality: A case study’, Virtual Creativity, 11:1, pp. 53–65, https://doi.org/10.1386/vcr_00042_1
Fauzan Mustaffa, Peter Woods Charles, Harold Thwaites, Eugene Ch’ng and Lim Yan Peng (2020). A Perspective on the 15th Century Melaka Sultanate Bridge: A Reconstruction Studies, Proceedings of the International Conference of Innovation in Media and Visual Design (IMDES 2020), pp. 254-260, ISBN: 978-94-6239-284-7, Atlantis Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201202.085
Feinstein K. (2020 ).The Image of Presence and the Presence of the Image. In: Kurosu M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Design and User Experience. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12181. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49059-1_41
Feinstein, K, (2020). Our Relationship With the Image as a Form of Being-With, (Proceeding of Electronic Visualisation in the Arts 2020, BCS Learning and Development Ltd., London UK.
Feinstein, K, (2020). From Metaphor Machine to Being-With Apparatus, (Pòs, Volume 10, Number 19, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Feinstein, K, (2019). From Metaphor Machine to Being-With Apparatus. (Pòs, Volume 10, Number 19, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil).
Feinstein, K, (2019). Being-with Media: Encountering the moving image in physical space. Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Visualisation in the Arts 2019,. BCS Learning and Development Ltd., London UK.
Harold Thwaites, Delas Santano, Human Esmaeili, Zi Siang See. (2019). A Malaysian Cultural Heritage Digital Compendium, in Journal of Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2019.e00116
Addison, L. & Thwaites, H. (2018). Editors. 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress(Digital Heritage) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018) IEEE Xplore, San Francisco, CA, USA. ISBN 978-1-7281-0292-4 https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2018.8810086
Eugene Ch’ng ; Yiyu Cai ; Harold Thwaites. Special Issue on VR for Culture and Heritage: The Experience of Cultural Heritage with Virtual Reality: Guest Editors’ Introduction (2018). Presence Volume: 26 , Issue: 03, Page s: iii – vi MIT Press Journals. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres_e_00302
Thwaites, H. (2018). Digital Transformations of the Cultural Imaginary, In Peter Heard Ed. Great Thinkers Great Minds, Sunway University Professorial Lecture Series, Vol 1. Sunway University Press. Pp.215-258. https://press.sunway.edu.my/books/great-thinkers-great-minds
Delas Santano and Harold Thwaites. (2018). Augmented Reality Storytelling: A Transmedia Exploration. 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018) IEEE. ISBN 978-1-7281-0292-4.
https://10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2018.8809996
Human Esmaeili, Harold Thwaites and Peter Woods. (2018). A conceptual User–Centered Approach to Immersive Digital Heritage Site/Museum Experiences: The Hidden Waterfall City. 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018) ISBN 978-1-7281-0292-4. https://DOI: 10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2018.8810110
Feinstein, K, (2018). Beyond the Screen Moving images in Physical Spaces.(Proceedings of the 23nd Annual Virtual Systems & Multi Media conference, Dublin, Ireland, 2018). IEEE publication. DOI 10.1109/VSMM.2017.8346297
Zi Siang See, Delas Santano, Matthew Sansom, Chi How Fong and Harold Thwaites (2018). Tomb of a Sultan: A VR Digital Heritage Approach. 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018) IEEE. ISBN 978-1-7281-0292-4. https://DOI: 10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2018.8810083
Esmaeili, H., & Thwaites, H. (2018). What Happened Here? An Immersive Virtual Story Narrated by Users. IEEE Games, Entertainment & Media Conference, Galway, Ireland. ISBN: 978-1-5386-6304-2 https://doi.org/10.1109/GEM.2018.8516506
Zi Siang See, Xia Sheng Lee, Adam Brimo, Harold Thwaites, Lizbeth Goodman (2018) MOOC for AR VR Training. 2018 IEEE Games, Entertainment, Media Conference (GEM), IEEE, https://doi.org/10.1109/GEM.2018.8516514
Esmaeili, H., Thwaites, H., & Woods, P. C. (2017, December). Workflows and Challenges Involved in Creation of Realistic Immersive Virtual Museum, Heritage, and Tourism Experiences: A Comprehensive Reference for 3D Asset Capturing. On the 13th International Conference In Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems (SITIS 2017), pp. 465-472, IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/SITIS.2017.82
Esmaeili, H., Thwaites, H., & Woods, P. C., (2017). Immersive Virtual Environments for Tacit Knowledge Transfer Focusing on Gestures: A Workflow. 2017 International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2017), IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2017.8346255
Zi Siang See, Mohd Shahrizal Sunar, Mark Billinghurst, Arindam Dey, Delas Santano, Human Esmaeili, Harold Thwaites (2017) Exhibition Approach Using an AR and VR Pillar. Siggraph Asia 2017 Mobile Graphics and Interactive Application. https://doi.org/10.1145/3132787.3132810
Zi Siang See, Mohd Shahrizal Sunar, Mark Billinghurst, Arindam Dey, Delas Santano, Human Esmaeili, Harold Thwaites (2017) An Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Pillar for Exhibitions: A Subjective Exploration. International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence & Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, Australia. http://dx.doi.org/10.2312/egve.20171342
Zi Siang See, David Blundell, Harold Thwaites (2017) Virtual Reality 360 Content Preservation for Disaster Relief. Pacific Neighborhood Consortium 2017 (PNC 2017), Taiwan. http://pnclink.org/pnc2017/Docs/PNC 2017 Virtual Reality 360 Content Preservation for Disaster Relief.pdf
Delas Santano, Zi Siang See, Chi How Fong, Harold Thwaites (2017) Aerial Virtual Reality 360 Research-Creation. International Conference on Visual Systems & Multimedia. Dublin, Ireland. 10.1109/VSMM.2017.8346262
Feinstein, K & Morris, J, (2017). Developing a Narrative Experience in a Post-Media Environment, (Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Virtual Systems & Multi Media conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. IEEE publication. DOI: 10.1109/VSMM.2016.7863180
Thwaites, Harold, Lau, Sian Lun, Addison, Alonzo. (2016). Proceedings of VSMM 2014 22nd International Conference. IEEE Explore Conference Publications. ISBN: 978-1-4673-8993- 8. DOI: 10.1109/VSMM39299.2016
Esmaeili, H., Woods, P.C., & Thwaites, H. (2016, October). e-Reconstruction and e-Archiving of Iconic Architectural Heritage: A Complete Example. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 22nd International Conference, IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2016.7863195
Feinstein, K., & Morris, J. (2016, October). Developing a narrative experience in a post-media environment. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 22nd International Conference, IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2016.7863180
Esmaeili, H., & Thwaites, H. (2016, October). Virtual photogrammetry. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 22nd International Conference, IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2016.7863153
Santano, D., Thwaites, H., & Yahya, M. A. (2016, October). The boatbuilder of Pangkor Island. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2016.7863210
Esmaeili, H., Woods, P. C., & Thwaites, H. (2015, November). Virtual Preservation of Contemporary Architectural Heritage in Developing Countries in Absence of Protection: Digital Reconstruction, Recording, and Archiving before Complete Disappearance. In 2015 11th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems (SITIS), pp. 796-803. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/SITIS.2015.115
See, Z. S., Rengganaten, V., Billinghurst, M., & Soo, S. (2016, November). Medical learning murmurs simulation with mobile audible augmented reality. In SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications (p. 4). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2999508.2999527
Esmaeili, H., Woods, P. C., & Houshangi, T. (2016, October). An overview of independent learning environments provided by self-access media: A lesson from CG industry. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 22nd International Conference, IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2016.7863177
Santano, D., & Mustaffa, F. (2016, October). Re-imagining folklore stories in illustrated animatic. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 . IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2016.7863212
Esmaeili, H., Woods, P. C., & Omar, A. A. (2016, October). Automated network for knowledge transfer between resource management agencies: Real-time monitoring/database for household waste management in high-rise residential buildings in Malaysia. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2016.7863173
See, Z. S., Rengganaten, V., Billinghurst, M., & Soo, S. (2016, November). Mobile audible AR experience for medical learning murmurs simulation. In SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications (p. 19). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2999508.2999513
Esmaeili, H., & Woods, P. C. (2016, October). Calm down buddy! it’s just a game: Behavioral patterns observed among teamwork MMO participants in WARGAMING’s world of tanks. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 22nd International Conference, IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2016.7863147
Lee, X. S., Yan, C. P., & See, Z. S. (2016, July). Irregular shaped building design optimization with building information modelling. In MATEC Web of Conferences (Vol. 66). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166600027
Fong, C. H., Billinghurst, M., See, Z. S., & Esmaeili, H. (2016, October). PepperGram With Interactive Control. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 22nd International Conference, IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2016.7863172
Lee, X. S., Khamidi, M. F., See, Z. S., Lees, T. J., & Chai, C. (2016, October). Augmented reality for ndimensional building information modelling: Contextualization, Customization and Curation. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016, IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2016.7863152
Fauzan Mustaffa; Peter Charles Woods; Mohamad Izani Zainal Abidin; Harold Thwaites; Muhammed Fauzi Othman. (2023). Bridges of Post Melaka Sultanate across Centuries DOI: 10.2991/978-2-38476-138-8_5
Su Hong Gick, Giselle; Thwaites, Harold.(2023). ‘Creating a Tool to Explore Intergenerational Understandings Through the use of Virtual Reality in Malaysia’Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue.
DOI: 10.34074/junc.23003
Santano, Delas, Thwaites, Harold. (2022). ‘The Soul of The Masks: A Journey Through Mah Meri Indigenous Carvings’. Junctures: The Journal of Thematic Dialogue. DOI: 10.34074/junc.22080
Nordin, H., Razak, B. A., Mokhtar, N., & Jamaludin, M. F. (2022). Feature Extraction of Mold Defects on Fine Arts Painting using Derivative Oriented Thresholding. Journal of Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life, 9(2), 192-201.
Esmaeili, Human; Thwaites, Harold. (2021). Addressing environmental awareness through immersive VR experiences, gamification and hypothetical scenario development. Virtual Creativity, 2021-10-01 DOI: 10.1386/vcr_00049_1
