The 3DXLab is a multi-disciplinary research lab that unites artists, designers, and technologists to craft innovative immersive worlds. #VR #dataviz #CGI

UNSW Sydney, Australia
.@UNSW Sydney introduces the 3DXLab, a world-leading research lab that focuses on visualising immersive futures. Collaborate with us! #XR #Visualisation #VFX #ImmersiveFutures #sciart #creativetechnology #immersivedesign #3Danimation Collaboration reel: piped.video/L3oeglsUlqQ
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Come and learn the process of reality capture using photogrammetry, today at the 3D Visualisation Aesthetics Lab #UNSWOpenDay. Visit us at the Paddington campus today! @UNSWADA @johninnerpixel #askme #UNSW #VR #photogrammetry #3DVAL #art #design #viz
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Find out all you need to know about VR and Reality Capture at @UNSWADA Open Day, School of Art & Design, Paddington. Come and visit us at the 3D Visualisation Aesthetics Lab today and ask me anything @johninnerpixel @andylilja #3DVAL #UNSW #VR #research #viz #art #design
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Check out the trailer for our Nanoscape cellular explorer! piped.video/watch?v=Pql1UIiu… available now for free on Steam. #Nanoscape #3dval #Realtime #visualisation #dataviz #Unity3d
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Some snippets from our latest visualization project in which we produced supporting animations for the Australian Museum's DNA Barcoding modules - a free science education resource. You can find the modules through the link in the thread. @austmus #visualscience #DNA #sciEd
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Nanoscape: our new cell exploration experience was created by a team of computer artists, game developers and cell biologists. The immersive learning application aims to improve the understanding of cellular scales, densities and interactions. elifesciences.org/articles/6…
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We're excited to have our 'Soap versus COVID-19' 3D animation accepted for this year's prestigious #SIGGRAPHAsia Computer Animation Festival. This cinematic visualization illustrates the power of soap to destroy the #COVID19 virus on contaminated hands. piped.video/zJl6tyieD5w
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Our work was recently featured on the ABC's documentary series Searching for Superhuman - see how virtual reality is transforming drug development, patient education and rehabilitation. Watch it here starting at 19:38 iview.abc.net.au/show/search… #VR #science #technology #research
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Our award-winning "Journey to the Centre of the Cell" PC-VR experience is now available for free download @itchio! If you're trapped quarantined in your physical space, why not explore a virtual one! 3dval.itch.io/jtcc #VR #QuarantineActivities #TheGreatIndoors
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We had a blast and met some great people at #siggraphasia2019. Our Birds of a Feather session showcased the latest work from industry leaders in the biovisualisation space and generated insightful discussions about the future of scientific data visualisation.
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Building more assets to populate our #Nanoscapes environment. Here is a leaky capillary modelled using #Maya and #Zbrush and rendered in #mtoa #Arnold.
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Some interesting numbers for Tech Papers this year
It’s heating up for the Technical Papers Fast-Forward at #SIGGRAPHAsia2019; prepared to be wowed at rapid pace!
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The 3DVAL team presenting at #SIGGRAPHAsia2019 #SIGGRAPHASIA looking forward to an amazing 4 days of #CG @artdesignunsw @andylilja @johninnerpixel #unswscientiafellows
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Need help finding us during #UNSWOpenDay? We’re in GG10, here’s how to get there. #virtualreality #VR #animation #research #openday #career #mediaarts #3D
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We're live streaming now from the lab during #UNSWOpenDay. Come by for a visit to find out about our latest 3D visualisation projects! We're in GG10 #VR #gamedesign #animation #research piped.video/WZ9FFujeyn8
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The @3DVAL team demoing some of our cell and other VR demos at Broughton College STEM Festival! Many enthusiastic takers! #ScienceWeek #VR
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Hard to believe that this 4 nm-thick lipid bilayer forms the barrier that defines every cell in our body. ...some further developments on our #nanoscapes visualisation project. Can't wait to show you all! #scivis #scicomm #research #mayamash #nanoscience #phospholipids #membrane
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Some excellent insights at the #UNSWSocialMediaDay. Posting on SM is like dandelion seeds in the wind; some will land on fertile ground and grow into great opportunities- some tips from @eskimon. #AcademicTwitter #UNSW
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Dialing up the detail in these test molecular renders for project #nanoscapes. Integrin receptor embedded in a sea of phospholipids that make up the cell membrane. #research #dataviz #datavis #CGI #sciart #biology #cell #receptor #lipid #maya
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Offering support: a patch of extracellular matrix depicting integrin receptors, fibronectin, collagen IV, collagen I and hyaluronic acid. Behind the scenes WIP of our epic #nanoscapes project. #zbrush #ECM #research #datavis #sciviz #education #matrix #support #structure #cells
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Go with the flow. Setting up some red blood cell simulations for our #nanoscapes project. Any vasculature experts out there able to confirm pulsatile flow at the microvessel level? #RBC #bloodflow #capillary #research #CGI #maya #WIP #behindthescenes
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Merging madness! To assist in the distribution of multiple animated cellular processes in our #nanoscapes project, we're building a tool to procedurally merge independent morph/blendShapes into a continuous mesh landscape. #houdini #maya #science #scivis #research #cell #biology
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Testing out the specs of the new #OculusQuest - this thing is super impressive!
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This week we gave visitors from St Clare's College a demo of our latest work to help inspire their own STEM projects. Thanks for the visit @StClaresWav2024 @smccmickb
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For some inspiring reading over your weekend brunch you can access the latest @ARCCoEBionano annual report & learn about the breakthrough bio-nano research happening within the #CBNS. Find out what we're up to in our latest visualisation projects here bit.ly/2IrYUYF #VR
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Testing our new distribution algorithm for our epic #nanoscapes cellular landscape visualisation project. #research #cell #cgi #nanomedicine #education #biology #sciEd #proteins #cellularLandscape #visualisation #sciviz #scivis
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Getting back to basics! Duringthe pre-vis process in our #nanoscapes project we took some time to get our hands dirty to conceptualise the environment with modelling clay. Now to jump back into the digital world and block it out using #OculusMedium. #tumor #leakyBV #capillary
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The surface of a cell is far more complex than it is typically depicted. We're beginning to populate a 'patch' of membrane with some of the key cellular features including #caveolae, #filopodia and #receptors. The blue spheres are 20 nm #nanoparticles. #nanoscape #science #sciviz
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Imagine you could explore the surface of a cell - what would you see? Here are some concept sketches of what life on the surface of a cell might be like. #cell #VR #nanoscape #research #sciart #science #CBNS #filopodia #caveolae #clathrinpits
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Some R&D for our #nanoscapes project - using Grasshopper to fit an animated template onto a large surface. Here we're mapping #caveolae onto the surface of a CGI cell membrane. #research #science #cell #biology #education #CBNS #nanoscape #cellularlandscape #nanomedicine #sciviz
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Our #nanoscapes project aims to visualise the cellular landscape like never before. Here is a test render using #mayamash to populate features onto a CGI cell. #CGI #sciart #research #CBNS #cellSEM #SEM #research #sciviz #microscopy
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Enjoying an insightful behind-the-scenes presentation by #siggraphAsia2018 chair Prof Ken Anjyo on academic R&D driving outcomes in today’s biggest entertainment industries.
Introducing the newest member of our team - NIck Gunn! Nick has an extensive background in architecture, game design and multimedia production and joins our team as the lead Unity3D artist. Welcome, Nick! #unity3D #scivis #VR #research #virtualreality #datavis
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He has been here from the lab's inception and now starts an epic journey into PhD-land; congrats to John Bailey who was awarded a prestigious UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship to investigate the value of contemporary 3D virtual reality uses in biomedical visualisation. #research #PhD
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A huge welcome to the newest member of our team - Dr Shereen Kadir! All the way from London, Shereen has a background in biochemistry, cell biology and microscopy, and has transitioned into a career in medical visualisation and science communication.
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Congrats to 3DVAL Director A/Prof John McGhee (@johninnerpixel), appointed UNSW 2019 Scientia Fellow in the faculty of Art & Design. Read more about the fellowship here inside.unsw.edu.au/2025-stra…
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LAST CHANCE! (applications close FEB 6): We're looking for a talented Unity3D artist with experience in 3D modelling, real-time games design & VR dev to join our dynamic team. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity - APPLY NOW. external-careers.jobs.unsw.e… #VRjob #VR #unity3D #unityJob
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POSITION OPEN: We are looking for a talented Unity3D developer with experience in 3D modelling, real-time games design & VR development to join our dynamic team. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity - APPLY NOW, ad closes Feb 6. external-careers.jobs.unsw.e… #VRjob #VR #unity3D #CGI
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Full house at papers fast forward siggraphasia2018
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Demonstrating our VR nanoparticle visualization work at #vrst2018 in #Tokyo. Drop by D33-3 if you’re here and see how we track nanoparticles in living systems. #research #vr #virtualreality #vrst @ARCCoEBionano @johninnerpixel @ThurechtGroup
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Very excited to be here at #vrst2018 presenting our work on visualization of nanoparticles in #VR. Visit us at demo D33-3 during the event!
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⁦@johninnerpixel⁩ presentation on Cell landscapes #ASMR #Adeliade #VR
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Watch @Channel9 news tonight to find out how our #VR cell visualisations are educating and inspiring high school students at Adelaide's @UnleyHigh as part of the CBNS roadshow. @ARCCoEBionano @3DVAL @johninnerpixel
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New lab signage at the #3dVAL! Now there's no excuse for not knowing where we are!
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3D reconstruction of a human cancer cell captured in high detail using serial block-face SEM. This cell features in our latest interactive augmented reality project - stay tuned. @ARCCoEBionano #AR #research #cell #cancer #education #mtoa #arnoldrenderer #autodeskmaya
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JOB OPENING - Last chance to apply - Closes 11:55pm 23rd September (AEST) This is a rare opportunity to join an award-winning lab as a biomedical animator/real-time developer. Post-docs or Masters grads considered. Apply here: bit.ly/2NKi3eq #job #science #VR please RT
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JOB OPENING - please RT: only 10 days left to apply for this fantastic 2 yr role in a world-class biomedical visualization lab. Post-docs or Masters grads interested in biomedical animation and VR development can apply here: bit.ly/2NKi3eq #animation #VR #science
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Today's Learn@Lunch at the historic Customs House in Sydney took the audience on a spectacular journey from classical cinema to the latest advancements in virtual reality applications for #health and #science. #VR #virtualreality #VRinmedicine #VReducation
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Evolution of computer graphics: things have come a long way in less than two decades - @johninnerpixel explains how this has influenced entertainment and broader applications #vr #learnatlunch
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Learn@Lunch is just about to kick off with 3DVAL director John McGhee about to blow our minds with a seminar on VR in health and science #learnatlunch #unsw
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Testing some new #mtoa features in Maya for an upcoming animation. Here is the inner ring of the nuclear pore complex. The pore provides a two-way channel for nucleic acids & proteins between the inside and outside of the nucleus of the cell. #science #cgi #arnoldrenderer
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Solving the issue of viewer commentary with roaming backpack VR setups - velcro tape and a USB monitor! Team member David tests the rig. @artdesignunsw @HP @htcvive #backpakVR #VRbackpack #VR #UNSWopenday @UNSWnews
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Preparing for UNSW @artdesignunsw Open Day tomorrow with a free-roaming backpack #VR setup! Come down and walk around the inside of a human cell. #research #science #htcvive #hpomenx #omenx @HP @htcvive
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As part of the recent science week we were able to take some of the kids at Broughton Anglican College's STEM festival on a VR tour of a cell. Perhaps they will be the designers and researchers of the next generation! #3dVAL #Visualisation #scienceweek
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We’re excited to be in Melbourne for the @ARCCoEBionano #scienceweek screening of The Fantastic Voyage! @Aus_ScienceWeek
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#VR for pain management, real-time bionano #datavis and gene expression editing in VR - find out more about our latest visualisation projects here artdesign.unsw.edu.au/3dval-…, it's #NationalScienceWeek after all. #research #science #scienceweek #natsciwk #education #sciEd
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Tech sneak peek time! We are currently working on visualising massive medical datasets in VR and have been looking at a myriad of voxelization and acceleration techniques. This is a 2,000,000 voxel representation of the Stanford bunny running at over 200fps! #Unity3d #Voxels #Dev
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Testing arnold's instancing and rendering capabilities using receptor-ligand stand-ins... several billion polygons without skipping a beat. #PDB1IVO #mtoa #arnoldrenderer #mayamash #render #CGI #sciart #madeinmaya
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Fantastic summary of targeted nanomedicine by @MK_CCI at the @KidsCancerInst AGM yesterday. Our nanoparticle animation helped explain the technology. It's available to view here piped.video/K9nUqvrkkXA #science #nanomed #therapy #nanotech #research @ARCCoEBionano
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Our new #OculusGo (s) arrived today! First impressions of standalone VR are good! #VR #3dval #oculus
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We have an exciting project underway with St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney involving the @SamsungMobile #gearvr - here's a glimpse of work created by @markybola @SVHSydney @sfaux1 #gamedev #lowpoly #healthcare #DigitalHealth #unity3D
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