Global Creative Industries

Category: Events

  • Workshop: Unreal Engine and Houdini Training

    Unreal Engine and Houdini Training

    • September 10, 2024

    The Arts Tech Lab is organizing a workshop on Unreal Engine. Participants will discover the tools, techniques, and workflows that power today’s most engaging real-time experiences. Experience the technology that powers stunning virtual worlds using the latest Unreal Engine 5 features, including Lumen and Nanite.
    Break free from traditional linear CG workflows and embrace the power of procedural production with our Houdini workshop. Designed for Educators, 3D artists and students, this workshop will equip you with the knowledge and skills to create groundbreaking digital content.

    For more information, click here.

    About the Trainer

    Douglas Leong is the founder and Director of Radiance60, an Unreal Authorized Training Center in Singapore. As an Unreal Authorized Instructor, he trains top studios and institutions worldwide. With a focus on Asia, Douglas is a frequent speaker at industry events like SiggraphAsia and Unreal Educator Summit. He has also shared his expertise with organizations like the Brunei Economic Development Board and the United Architects of the Philippines.

  • Inside the scores: Towards a poetics of theme park music

    Inside the scores: Towards a poetics of theme park music

    • September 4, 2024

  • Talk: Archaeological Excavations in Armenia

    Talk: Archaeological Excavations in Armenia: at the Intersection of Arts and Technology

    • September 3, 2024

    September 25 at 4:45 – 5:45 pm
    Arts Tech Lab, Room 4.35

    Lab Director of Research Peter Cobb and his team presents HKU’s archaeological fieldwork in the country of Armenia in the South Caucasus and our use of innovative technologies to study the humanities. Our team, which includes many HKU undergraduates and postgraduates, excavates the 3500-year-old Vedi Fortress each summer to learn about human life in the past! We invite you to this introductory talk about the ancient architecture and artifacts uncovered in the 2024 summer season and before.

    We will then share how digital and other technologies are transforming the ways we conduct humanities research, including our use of drones, 3D scanning, virtual 3D reconstruction, augmented and virtual reality, cloud databases, geophysics, solar power plus batteries, and beyond. Our talk will also demonstrate some technical capabilities of the new Arts-Tech Lab in the Faculty of Arts. Students and everyone can join our project in various ways, so please come meet us to find out how. Humans are at the center of our research, but now technology provides exciting opportunities to improve how we understand these (past) humans!