Australia has a proven track record in pioneering media technology

Australia has a rich and proven track record in pioneering media technology which includes gaming, animation, virtual reality and digital art.

Australia has a rich and proven track record in pioneering media technology.

Australia has a rich and proven track record in pioneering media technology. From the Fairlight Synthesiser in the 1980s used by most musicians worldwide from Stevie Wonder to Kate Bush; to Animal Logic whose work on Academy Award-winning Happy Feet wowed the cinematic world through to today’s design juggernaut Canva. It is a broad area that includes gaming, animation, audio engineering, virtual reality, digital art and imaging, computer music and digital marketing.

The University of South Australia’s Empathic Computing Lab explores new ways for people to better understand each other using digital technology, which includes using collaborative interfaces, augmented reality and virtual reality.

Monash University researcher Neil Selwyn is a leading international researcher in digital education used in schools, universities and adult learning.

The University of Sydney’s Biomedical Multimedia Information Technology Research Group is bringing sophisticated image processing, computer vision and visual analytics to health care.

Queensland University of Technology’s Digital Media Research Centre examines the transformation underway in media industries and how advances in computation and human-machine communication are changing our society.

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