UNSW Art & Design

Visualisation, Simulationand Immersive Design

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Visualisation, simulation, and immersive environments are increasingly driving a transition from historical production models towards more agile and adaptable work practices. Industry needs bespoke and flexible training strategies to ensure they are future ready and capable of meeting the growing demand for, and convergence of, immersive practices.

A changing world demands a change to how we educate and train our industry leaders of the future. Simulation, visualisation and immersive platforms provide flexible environments that provide safe, cost effective and realistic experiences to help train our future workforce and solve complex problems and challenges. This improved decision making and realistic training leads to a better prepared member of any workforce.

UNSW Art & Design is proud to partner with the Asia Pacific Simulation Alliance (APSA) – the unique collaboration of government, industry and academia. Together with APSA, we have created the new ‘Visualisation, Simulation, and Immersive Design’ (VSID) ecosystem which brings together world-leading transdisciplinary teaching, research, and industry practice.

We offer industry-focused short courses, a Graduate Certificate and Masters Degree, all designed to fit around work schedules. The VSID ecosystem offers a flexible range of training, education, and research options to help create a new generation of simulation and visualisation professionals - future ready with unique skill sets, and capable of understanding and meeting the growing demand and convergence of immersive practices across industries.

We are excited to present this revolutionary and unique range of education qualifications, and invite you to join us for the exciting future of the world of work.

A modern education for a changing world

In a world of constant change we need to be prepared - whether in Defence, National Security, Cyber, Health, Disaster Management, Finance, Advanced Manufacturing or Design. Enabling professionals to keep ahead of ever changing technological challenges is a cost effective necessity.

UNSW is the only Australian university offering an all-encompassing package of degrees covering the necessary, future-ready knowledge and skills, backed up by world-class research and technical facilities to meet industry demand.

A response to industry demandEmerging technologies such as virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR, AR and MR) are impacting practice across disciplines and industries, and are having profound impact on workforce creativity and productivity in many domains including:

• Advanced manufacturing and industry 4.0

• Advertising• Architecture, and social

and urban planning• Art, design and animation• Business and finance• Defence and national security • Education• Emergency and first response

• Engineering• Immersive entertainment and gaming• Medicine, healthcare and

sports training• Museology• Robotics• Sustainability and

environmental modelling

The Visualisation, Simulation, and ImmersiveDesign ecosystem To meet the demands of a busy world, professionals can undertake learning in a flexible, bespoke manner thus increasing your chance of success.

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Short CoursesTypically 1 to 5 daysUsing world-leading, industry-focused cross-disciplinary teaching and research, our micro-credentialed short courses are designed to develop skills and capacity for a new generation of leaders in the simulation and visualisation industry. They will enable practitioners to quickly learn the latest technologies, skill sets and competencies they need to meet the growing demand for (and convergence of) immersive practices.

Courses can be face-to-face or online, at any time over the year. They are non-award, badged by UNSW Sydney and APSA and can be recognised for credit towards the Graduate Certificate or Masters of Visualisation, Simulation, and Immersive Design.

Short course topics include: Creativity, Data Science, Design, Education, Engineering, Interoperability, and Management.

For short courses currently on offer visit nvite.com/community/unswvr.

Specialised Training ProgramsFlexible ScheduleWe can work with your company to develop in-depth, customised training programs badged by UNSW Sydney, and delivered by our experts either online, on site or at UNSW Sydney facilities.

Extend your learning into a postgraduate qualificationUNSW Art & Design short courses and specialised training programs can be recognised as prior learning for credit in our postgraduate VSID programs. So professionals taking short courses can complete their degrees in less time.

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9322Master of Visualisation, Simulation, and Immersive Design

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How recognised prior learning (RPL) worksBoth the Graduate Certificate and Master of Visualisation, Simulation, and Immersive Design programs have a number of elective courses, each worth 6 Units of Credit (UOC).

Typically, a short course is equivalent to 3 to 6 UOC. Professionals can mix electives with short courses or training to suit their individual needs. Once a short course is completed, an application can be made to have it recognised as prior learning when applying for program entry or while already enrolled.

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PostgraduatePrograms

The transdisciplinary Graduate Certificate and Master of Visualisation, Simulation, and Immersive Design programs offer a unique human-centred, design-driven approach to using simulation, visualisation and immersive environments.

Who are they for?The transdisciplinary Graduate Certificate (GCVSID) or Master of Visualisation, Simulation, and Immersive Design (MVSID) programs offer a unique human-centred, design driven approach to qualify you to utilise simulation, visualisation and immersive environments to take up a range of high value positions as design leaders, managers, trainers, artists, researchers, planners, analysts, innovators, and entrepreneurs in a wide range of industry sectors.

• Envisioning and portraying unique entertainment, cultural and artistic experiences in VR, AR, and MR

• Rehearsing medical and defence procedures in fully immersive conditions

• Designing creative experiences using VR, AR, MR, and 3D immersion

• Exploring the evolving landscape of human- robotic interaction

• Visually exploring complex datasets in new ways

• Planning cities and modelling future scenarios

• Predicting financial outcomes and making decisions based on data

• Using visualisation and simulation to problem-solve, teach, learn and train

• Creating and exploiting new market opportunities

Flexibile learning to help you balance your timeTo help you balance work and learning, you can study full or part-time in our postgraduate programs. You can also bring your existing industry knowledge into your study. Professionals with knowledge and experience in a particular domain will benefit from a broadening human-centric conceptual foundation, and you can personalise your learning, melding workplace experience and personal interests into your projects.

The GCVSID and MVSID programs have been designed as a low-residency experience to accommodate busy professionals. The core courses are conducted online, with two to three intensive face-to-face meet ups per term on campus or at our industry partner simulation facilities. Most meet ups will take place on the weekend to maximise flexibility. You will also have full access to all campus facilities throughout each term. For elective courses you will be able to select from a range of fully online courses and on-campus face-to-face courses with weekly scheduled classes.

Duration 1.7 years full time

The Master of Visualisation, Simulation, and Immersive Design will equip you with analytical and philosophical understandings of immersive practices and technologies to empower you as leaders and drivers of workforce change.

The program’s human centric, design led approach will be underpinned by a creative and critical approach focusing on human perception and experience. This will enable you to analyse how, why, when and where to effectively utilise simulation and immersive platforms including virtual, augmented, and mixed realities (VR, AR, and MR) to meet the growing demand for immersive practices across different industries. As part of your study, you will experience these technologies first hand, explore real case studies, and be exposed to insights from global leaders to help you develop immersion strategies to tackle real world problems. You will also work on specific industry-related problems, or undertake an optional industry placement - all specific to your field of interest.

Learn more at unsw.to/mvsid

Duration 0.7 years full time

This transdisciplinary program will equip you with an advanced understanding of the ways emerging visual and immersive practices are changing the present and shaping the future.

You will experience a unique, integrated and industry-focused approach to visualisation, simulation and immersion, augmenting technical knowledge and skills with an analytical and philosophical understanding of these emergent practices and technologies. The program is structured to cater for the increasing demands of all sectors, including manufacturing. media, creative arts, health, research, entertainment, defence, business, and education.

Learn more at unsw.to/gcvsid

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7322 Graduate Certificate in Visualisation, Simulation, and Immersive Design

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Postgraduate program structure

Core CoursesAll students must undertake the core courses in their chosen program. These courses are designed to help you understand how, why, when and where to use immersive technologies and platforms, particularly in the context of your own industry or work.

Core courses include:

• DDES9901 Designing and Experiencing Immersion

• DDES9902 Human Dimensions in Immersive Environments

• DDES9903 Narrative and Sense-making in Immersive Environments

• DDES9904 Models, Systems and Solution Design

• DDES9905 Immersive Design, Complexity and Wicked Problems

Elective CoursesYou can build on existing skills or explore new areas through a range of electives. Masters students must choose five electives, and Graduate Certificate students choose two (those who have undertaken short courses or specialised industry training can claim these for credit to replace some electives.):

• ADAD9101 Research Foundations in Art, Design and Media

• DDES1110 3D Visualisation 1: 3D Virtual Objects

• DDES2110 3D Visualisation 2: Virtual Worlds

• DDES2111 3D Visualisation 3: Interactive Environments

• DDES9911 Future Immersive Learning Methodologies

• DDES9914 Managing Immersive Projects

• SDES9311 Interaction Design Foundations

• SDES9320 Exploring 3D Visualisation

• BENV7500 Programmable Cities (intensive)

• BENV7501 Urban Data Visualisation

• BENV7504 Digital Cities

• LAND7221 Advanced Urban Landscape Visualisation

• BIOM9711 Modelling Organs, Tissues and Devices

• MANF4611 Process Modelling and Simulation

• AVIA3301 Simulation Application and Air Traffic Management

Capstone Experience (Masters only)The capstone experience allows you to synthesise the key concepts from the core courses with the specialist learnings from the electives in a personal portfolio customised for your own needs and requirements. The capstone also provides you with real world experience through the option of:

• An industry placement with leaders in the field

• A collaborative cross-disciplinary project working with other UNSW faculties

• A personal or work-related project

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Globally recognisedresearch labs

VSID courses are founded on a long established, innovative and extensive program of world-leading research. As a UNSW postgraduate student you will have opportunities to engage with the UNSW’s world-class research labs.

3D Visualisation Aesthetics LabThis award-winning, cross-disciplinary research hub explores arts-led approaches to visualising complex scientific and biomedical data.

From diverse multimedia and scientific backgrounds, the team uses the latest high-end interactive Virtual Reality (VR) platforms and graphics packages, to develop systems exploring 3D landscapes.

The lab has developed novel ways of navigating complexity using methodologies from gaming, film and VR design. As a result, the Lab is now a world-leading centre for biomedical data visualisation.

Learn more at artdesign.unsw.edu.au/3dval

EPICentreUNSW’s EPICentre (Expanded Perception and Interaction Centre) researches visualisation across the fields of art, design, science, medicine and engineering.

It is the most advanced facility of its kind in the world, and includes the EPICylinder, which is the highest resolution visualisation cylinder in the world, with almost 120 million pixels in 3D. A game-changer for any research that relies on large data sets, and broad public engagement.

Using an integrated, interdisciplinary approach, along with cutting-edge computing, 3-D immersive and screen-based technologies, the centre renders massive amounts of data visible. This enables scientists to ‘get inside’ and simulate immersive experiences of dementia, psychosis, memory loss and other neurological conditions, to gain deeper understanding of the effects on sufferers.

The Centre also hosts a modern Mixed Reality lab (XR-LAB),where visualisations can be deployed across VR, AR,hemispherical projections and multi-touch walls.

Learn more at artdesign.unsw.edu.au/epicentre

iCinemaiCinema is an interdisciplinary hub connecting Art & Design, Arts and Social Sciences, Engineering, Law and Science faculties – to explore new forms of virtual and physical interactivity.

The Centre creates applications for next generation technologies, prototyping new aesthetic forms of display, recreation, research and training across cultural, industrial and environmental disciplines.

We work with a broad range of industrial and academic partners nationally and internationally, including the City University, Hong Kong and ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (Germany).

Learn more at icinema.unsw.edu.au

National Facility for Human Robot Interaction ResearchUNSW’s National Facility for Human Robot Interaction Research (HRI Lab) examines human interactions with three-dimensional robotic agents and responsive structures, within the context of experimental arts and social robotics.

The lab provides a structured environment in which experimental interfaces develop effective and socially rewarding human-robot interaction.

Founded by director Associate Professor Mari Velonaki, HRI lab is in partnership with the School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales, and the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) at the University of Sydney.

Learn more at niea.unsw.edu.au/research/organisations/creative-robotics-lab-crl

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• UNSW Art & Design is rated Australia’s finest and among the world’s leading art, media and design institutions. It is recognised as the top creative faculty in Australia by the Australian Research Council1

• UNSW is ranked 28th in the world for employer reputation2

• A great reputation for producing successful and critically-acclaimed artists, designers, leaders and entrepreneurs

• Intensive, practical, hands-on learning and teaching environment

• Dedicated, renowned practitioners and leading scholars who are experts in their field

• Deep industry linkages, strong enterprise partnerships and extensive networks

• Real world professional experiences, capstone projects and industry engagement

• Solid theoretical and conceptual education that allows you to adapt with technology, helping future-proof your career

• Access to state-of-the-art technical research, media, design and art facilities and technicians

• Creative, supportive and innovative learning environment

• Flexible study options

1 Australian Research Council, Excellence in Research reports (2012, 2015, 2018). 2 QS Graduate Employability (Rankings, 2019). 3 Australian Research Council, Excellence in Research reports (2012, 2015, 2018).

We are a leading international research and teaching-intensive University and have been rated the finest Art and Design school by the Australian Research Council3.

We attract outstanding teaching, studio and research staff with extensive industry experience. Our intensive, practical, hands-on programs offer students opportunities to work closely with creative and technical staff, including leading designers, media creators, renowned artists and technical experts.

Students have access to world-class research facilities in visualisation, immersive design and simulation.

Our VSID courses were developed in collaboration with partners in engineering, manufacturing, culture, entertainment, drone technology, defence and medicine, amongst others. And students will benefit from regular industry engagement, a chance to create lasting relationships and the opportunity to build amazing networks.

All UNSW Art & Design graduates take away a concept of human-centric design based on solid research along with exciting career opportunities and prospects. In fact, employers rate our graduates incredibly highly the world over; and they fill senior posts in some of the most admired and influential organisations shaping the world today, including: Atlassian, Urban Art Projects, Disney, Warner Bros, LucasFilms, Animal Logic, Google, Weibo, Microsoft, Facebook, Samsung, the Tate, The Smithsonian, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, and EB Games.

Why study at UNSW?

Robotics research conducted by NIEA as part of the Creative Robotics Lab

HOW TO APPLYApplicants for the Graduate Certificate and Masters programs require a recognised Bachelors degree with an equivalent of a UNSW 65 weighted average mark (WAM). Given that the program aims to enable practitioners from a wide range of industry sectors to integrate visualisation, simulation and immersive environments into their own work contexts, entry will not be dependant upon a degree cognate with the creative disciplines.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) may be granted for formal, non-formal and workplace learning for specified credit in accordance with UNSW recognition of prior learning procedures for elective courses within the program. RPL will not be considered for core courses and the capstone course.

Alternate entry pathway

Applicants who do not have a Bachelors degree or who have a WAM equivalent between 60-64.9% may apply for RPL for admission into the Graduate Certificate based upon at least 5 years industry experience. Given the transdisciplinary nature of the program industry experience may be in any discipline. Applicants must submit a digital portfolio. For more information see the Recognition of Prior Learning section in the UNSW Handbook for the 7322 Graduate Certificate in Visualisation, Simulation, and Immersive Design. Students who complete the Graduate Certificate with a WAM of 65 may articulate into the full Masters program.

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