


Research leaders

Professor Kim Vincs
Director

Professor Angela Ndalianis
Director
Theme leader

Melanie Swalwell
Theme Leader
Development team
Our specialist in house development team supports creative practice research and development in immersive and interactive media. We are experts in all aspects of motion capture and AR, VR and MR development, providing end-to-end support – from ideation and prototype to finished product. If you can think it, we can do it.

Stephen Jeal
Lead Technical Artist
Stephen Jeal is a technical artist and teacher, specializing in 3D modelling, motion capture and visual effects for both film and games. With a knack for problem-solving and an eye for detail, Stephen is completely dedicated to creating the best possible content for every project.

Casey Dalbo
Technical Artist
Casey is a 3D artist and sessional tutor. She models and textures high-quality props and assets to build immersive virtual worlds. Casey enjoys experimenting with different art styles, tools and pipelines to give something different to every project. She is passionate about furthering team building and collaborative processes within the studio.

Casey Richardson
Technical Artist
Casey Richardson is a Technical Artist, teacher and hobbyist maker. His passion for 3d art, game development and film allow him to tackle tasks with fresh and new ideas. Casey is always striving to expand his skills, discover new workflows, and bring creativity to every project.

Joshua Reason
Developer
Joshua is a software developer with a background in VR and Game development. He collaborates with artists to bring life to transformative media projects. In his down time, Joshua focuses on Pipeline development where he creates tools to ease the work of his fellow teammates.

Adam Carr
Developer
Adam is a multidisciplinary developer and artist with a passion for bringing technology to other creative mediums. His dream projects involve bringing social experiences to immersive virtual worlds through online networking. He is a mentor with great enthusiasm to see new developers grow, and enjoys building pipelines and bots for the convenience of the team.

Jordan Cook-Irwin
Developer
Jordan is a developer with a passion for virtual reality interactions and gameplay. An avid game jam enthusiast, Jordan loves fast prototyping and quick iterative game design with small teams. Jordan’s strong suit is working with complex mathematical problems and problem solving. He takes great pride in bringing solutions to the team.

Irene Gironacci
Project Manager
Irene Gironacci is a technical project manager, with a background in software engineering. She collaborates with an amazing team of artists, software developers and researchers to deliver fantastic extended reality projects. Irene is always keen to explore new research fields of interest and bring innovation to life.

Haydon Bakker
Developer
Haydon is a technical designer with experience in games programming. Haydon brings unprecedented energy and enthusiasm to every project, liaisons with clients to help them find concrete requirements and amicable solutions, and uses his experience and knowledge of the industry to apply game principles to new and innovative ventures.

Stephen Jeal
Technical Director
Stephen Jeal is a Technical Artist and teacher, specializing in 3D modelling, motion capture and visual effects for both film and games. With a knack for problem-solving and an eye for detail, Stephen is completely dedicated to creating the best possible content for every project.

Casey Dalbo
Technical Artist
Casey is a 3D Artist and Instructor. She spends most of her time at the studio modelling and texturing high-quality props and assets to form immersive 3D worlds. Casey enjoys experimenting with different art styles and pipelines, as well as learning new tools to see if they can be useful for project workflows.

Casey Richardson
Technical Artist
Casey Richardson is a Technical Artist, teacher and part-time hobbyist. His passion for 3d art, motion capture, games and film allow him to tackle tasks with fresh and new ideas. Casey is always striving to expand his skills, discover new workflows, and bring creativity to every project.

Joshua Reason
Programmer
Joshua is a software developer with a background in VR and Game development. He collaborates with artists to bring life to transformative media projects. In his down time, Joshua focuses on Pipeline development where he creates tools to ease the work of his fellow teammates.
Research team
The Centre for Transformative Media Technologies brings together over 20 researchers, artists and developers from the creative arts, humanities and social sciences. We work collaboratively across disciplinary and conceptual lines to understand and proactively advance the power of new media technologies to transform art, culture, industry and human experience.

César Albarrán-Torres

Jessica Balanzategui

Liam Burke

Steven Conway

Kay Cook

Anne Cranny-Francis

Samantha Edwards-Vandenhoek
Samantha Edwards-Vandenhoek is a multi-award-winning community-based design researcher, digital media artist and educator. Partnering with art centres, museums and schools, Samantha’s research seeks to advance the role of place-based design, media and filmmaking practices in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community development; fostering social well-being, knowledge transfer, intercultural collaboration and economic resilience. In 2019, she was the recipient of the highly prestigious International Good Design Award for Social Impact for ‘Our Journey’, an animated film made with the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School and Australia Chamber Orchestra. Funded by the Australian Government and developed in partnership with Indigenous designers, artists and community organisations, Samantha coordinates Marngo Designing Futures, an aspiration initiative that connects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people with University through the world of culture-centred design and digital storytelling technologies - www.marngodesignfutures.com.au. Recognised for her contributions to teaching, service and research, Samantha has been awarded the 2011 Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence, 2016 Vice Chancellors Award for Community Engagement and 2018 Vice Chancellor's Award for Reconciliation.

Lisa Given

Jock Given

Daniel Golding

Karen Hughes

Flavia Marcello

Simone Taffe

John McCormick

Max Schleser

James Verdon
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