Virtual Studio Research Articles

A Framework to Enhance Flexible Blended Architectural Design Education

In the last few years, there have been lots of challenges facing the world from pandemics and wars that have raised a series of challenges facing architectural education, which create a challenge for both teachers and students and to which extent they can adapt to the post-digital adaptation period, as well as the future of architectural education in general. Architecture and design environments mainly require face-to-face learning and teaching techniques that depend on the interaction between the student and the teacher, where application and practical education take place. Furthermore, studio-designed spaces provide solidarity, positive energy, and motivation for students. Therefore, activating the distance learning process that affect the architectural education strategy and directed institutions and teachers to the necessity of flexibility and adaptation as a part of the structure of architectural education curricula. this study is a humble try to evaluate the role of blended learning experiences incorporating architectural design programmes that were first applied after the last pandemic. It focuses on the importance of flexible architectural education through the overlap between the traditional studio and the virtual studio to achieve a positive experience for students and staff members. This is done by observing a design studio procedure during a blended learning period and with the help of a questionnaire for a diverse number of students and faculty members on the subject of architectural design at one of the Egyptian universities that host the architecture department. It is conducted for the purpose of flexible handling through the integration of distance learning with architectural design education in relation to the era of pandemics, the digital age, and the like in the future. The research contributes to developing a future framework that enhances the flexibility of architectural design education, supports self-education, and turns the architectural design studio into an opportunity for reproduction and renewal.

Practice of Digital Media Art Education Based on Virtual Reality Technology

Digital media art education has entered a new era with the integration of virtual reality (VR), offering students immersive and interactive learning experiences. Through VR technology, students can explore the creative possibilities of digital media art in a simulated environment that transcends traditional classroom boundaries. From interactive installations to virtual exhibitions, VR enables students to experiment with diverse mediums, techniques, and concepts in a safe and engaging space. Moreover, VR facilitates collaboration and peer feedback, allowing students to showcase their work, receive critiques, and collaborate with peers from around the world in virtual studios and galleries. This paper explores the practical implementation of digital media art education utilizing virtual reality (VR) technology, augmented by Multimedia Linear Statistical Feature Classification (MLSC). VR technology offers immersive and interactive learning environments, allowing students to explore and create digital media art in three-dimensional spaces. The incorporation of MLSC enhances the educational experience by providing personalized feedback and assessment based on statistical analysis of multimedia features. Through simulated experiments and empirical validations, the effectiveness of the VR-based digital media art education approach with MLSC is evaluated. Results demonstrate significant improvements in student engagement, creativity, and learning outcomes. The students using the VR platform with MLSC achieved a 40% increase in project completion rates and a 30% improvement in artistic proficiency compared to traditional methods. These findings highlight the potential of combining VR technology with MLSC to revolutionize digital media art education, preparing students for careers in the dynamic and interdisciplinary field of digital media.

The Nature Of Modern Technologies Used In Arabic Television Programs Broadcasted In 2023

The Arabic television programs strive to keep pace with global development by employing cutting-edge technologies in television production to reach a high level of quality that matches international standards and attracts a larger audience. This study aimed to understand the nature of modern technologies used in television programs aired during the Ramadan season from 22-03 to 30-04 of Ramadan in the year 2023. This study is classified as descriptive-analytical research, which relied on the content analysis tool, where it was applied to five programs. The researcher employed a comprehensive inclusive approach, which involves collecting data and information from all elements of the study sample using suitable methods, and hence the study sample is comprehensive for its community. The researcher also relied on the interview tool with a sample of satellite channel technicians in Jordan to enrich the study. The study found that the majority of the television programs study sample used various TV technologies, such as sound effects, visual effects, virtual studios, graphics, as well as modern cameras with HD and 4K technology. The study demonstrated a blend of media formats presented in the programs, ranging from live discussions in the studio to internal, external, and field-based dialogue sessions. Additionally, it highlighted the professional editing work employed in these programs.

Abstract A079: Implementation of the FOREST cancer risk study at an HBCU: The family history and cancer risk study at Meharry Medical College

Abstract PURPOSE: Family Health History (FHH) is a key factor in assessing cancer risk, yet health providers often do not have adequate time or resources to collect FHH systematically. African Americans and other medically underserved populations suffer significantly higher cancer incidence and mortality. These populations would benefit if their cancer risk were better defined. The Family History and Cancer Risk Study (FOREST) aims to implement a patient-facing web-based FHH cancer risk assessment platform called MeTree in a clinic with a high percentage of underserved patients at Meharry Medical College (MMC) and a cohort at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. METHODS: Partnering with the MMC Community Engagement Core (CEC), we conducted two virtual studios with 12 Nashville minority community members. Topics of concern were medical data privacy, potential benefits, and proper informed consent. CEC recommendations informed our pre-implementation planning. Recruitment methods consisted of a staffed table outside of and, later, presence inside the MMC Family & Community Med. Clinic waiting room. Patients could also request assistance to navigate MeTree with the study research coordinator (in person or virtually). RESULTS: Since October 2022, 76 potential participants have been invited to FOREST from MMC. 26 patients were interested, 18 were eligible, 16 patients consented, and 12 patients completed the MeTree FHH. Of note, 6 patients utilized in-person assistance from the research study coordinator. Overall, 2 of the 12 patients who completed MeTree were determined to be at high-risk for cancer. CONCLUSION: We observed a 30% enrollment rate and 43% completion rate. Also, 6 of 26 patients requested and received assistance. In-person recruitment had the highest volume of potential enrollments (16 interested), yet lower completion rates (5/16 = 31%) compared to the pamphlet QR code (5 interested with 3/5 completing = 60%). We realize that these numbers are not large enough to show statistical significance at this early stage, and we plan to implement FOREST in a higher volume clinic (Internal Medicine at Nashville General Hospital) to determine if this trend scales. Citation Format: Clasherrol Edwards, Dana R. Marshall, Leah Alexander, Justin D. Andujar, S.T. Bland, Jillian Duke, Sarah Jones, Jeffrey Leegon, Kate F. Mittendorf, Lori A. Orlando, Georgia L. Wiesner, Siddharth Pratap. Implementation of the FOREST cancer risk study at an HBCU: The family history and cancer risk study at Meharry Medical College [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 16th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2023 Sep 29-Oct 2;Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2023;32(12 Suppl):Abstract nr A079.

Tahapan dalam Produksi Komposisi Iringan Tari Satya Gora Dharma

Purpose: This paper discusses the series of stages of production of Satya Gora Dharma Dance Accompaniment composition, where this work is a karawitan composition work that the author made in 2021. Method: This work is produced by the author using Digital Audio Workstation technology, with a series of stages starting from the beginning until this work is completed. Digital Audio Workstation is a digital-based technology that is often used by musicians, arrangers, composers and other work sectors related to data processing in the form of audio recordings. Satya Gora Dharma dance is the great dance of Satya Dharma Singaraja College of Economics (STIE) initiated by Dr. A.A.A.N Tini Rusmini Gorda, Dr. A.A.N Oka Suryadinatha Gorda, Dr. A.A.N Eddy Supriyadinata Gorda, Dr. A.A.A.N Sri Rahayu Gorda. Satya Gora Dharma dance accompaniment compositions are produced with 3 software, namely Cubase Pro 10.5, WaveLab Pro 10, and Virtual Studio Technology (VST) from Native Instrument Kontakt 6. Result and Discussion: The discussion in this paper will focus on how this composition work is produced starting from the stage of taking audio sampling from the gamelan instruments used, making VST, composing arrangement, mixing, balancing, to the final stage in the production process, namely the mastering stage. The data analysis technique used in this paper is qualitative descriptive analysis. The qualitative descriptive analysis technique is carried out by analyzing the data that has been obtained through qualitative descriptive analysis. Then at the end a conclusion is drawn and accompanied by the necessary advice

Dancing Together Apart

At a time when the Choreographic takes on a renewed sense of possibility as we adapt to the rhythms of an epidemiological model of society, dances of remediation, that collapse the distinction between interpersonal and infrastructural modes of sensing the world, offer, we argue, possibilities for perceiving and making sense of our changing lifeworlds (Bratton 2022). In this writing, we reflect upon an artistic research project that composed choreographic relations between corporeal, conceptual and informational modes, bringing attention to the expressive possibilities of attuning to, and regulating each other, even at a distance.  Mental Dance involved multiple agents shaping  states of distributed attention across physical and digital networks. In choreographing the work we drew upon current neuroscientific research into the Bayesian Brain and Predictive Coding.       Mental Dance explored the intersection of dance, interactive sound design and psychiatry through a unique performance system that blended these diverse ‘mental spaces’. Hagendoorn (2019) describes ‘mental spaces’ as ‘temporary thought assemblies that are constructed as one thinks and speaks’ (756).  In our project diverse languages of movement and music were remediated through AI and the flux of somatic attention expressed by two live performers. Realtime data generated by the dancers’ movements and tracked by AI pose recognition software shaped a choreosonic environment for an online audience (Brown 2021b).  Our artistic research method drew upon dancers’ intuitive kinesthetic and haptic sensory awareness and AI’s capacity to learn, together with an appropriation of theories of the Bayesian Brain.  Staging provocations from neuroscientific research and psychiatry, we mimicked the idea of the clinic as a site for soma-sci experimentation.  In generating an empathic performance system that addressed relational intimacy and neural resonance at a distance, we navigated the uncertainty and unpredictability of repeated lockdowns in Melbourne, Australia, countering despair and ennui with the excitement and challenge of connecting through remote co-presence.  In Dancing Together Apart, we probe the wiring of relations and the igniting of ideas that sparked this collaborative performance and propose choreosonic improvisation as a method to bring current neuroscientific research into the virtual studio where it can inform and influence the direction of new work and cultivate an altered state of kinetic intensities held between agencies, human and non-human.  

Організація маркетингових івентів у мережі Інтернет

The article describes that the rapid development of digital technologies, globalization of the economy, digitization of the population, the Covid-19 pandemic, russia’s war against Ukraine and many other reasons have activated a deepened interest in finding ways of forming marketing communication in the Internet. As a result, enterprises use various marketing tools to influence the consumer audience, including event marketing tools. This research is dedicated to studying of the peculiarities of the organization and conduction of marketing events in the Internet. The prospects for the development of the event industry in the Internet were substantiated and the main trends that changed the organization and holding of online events were studied: free attendance of events with prior registration, the hybridity of the format of holding events, the use of the presence effect (holography), Face ID for contactless registration at physical events, technology development and investment in creating virtual studios for the possible participation of large number of people. The interpretation of the concept of "online marketing event" has gained further development, which includes a list of approaches to attract the target Internet audience with the aim of forming positive emotions in it. The advantages and disadvantages of holding online events are also studied in this article. A model of organizing an online event is proposed, in which the main role is focused on attracting the target audience through various online marketing tools in order to create positive emotions in the target audience and increase brand recognition among consumers and the formation of consumer loyalty. During the research, the main negative points during online events, which should be avoided, were described: it is unacceptable to follow the performance regulations, to write a lot of information in the chat, to hold online events without pauses, to use nicknames instead of real names, not to exclude third-party notifications on devices.

Towards an immersive virtual studio for design engineering

Towards an immersive virtual studio for design engineering

AI Animation Character Behavior Modeling and Action Recognition in Virtual Studio

AI Animation Character Behavior Modeling and Action Recognition in Virtual Studio

VirtueAll: Television Talkshow Program Based on Virtual Live Streaming

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the order of life in various sectors, including education. In 2020 online learning was applied to the Advanced Tv Production class, Film and TV Production Study Program, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, ISI Denpasar. Changes in the behavior of classroom practice in producing tv programs have shifted virtually. Even though students in groups created a weekly talk show program called “VirtueAll” they held it face-to-face. The purpose of this study is to recognize how the production process of the ViertueAll program based on virtual live streaming. In this study, the author used a qualitative descriptive research design. Descriptive research is a study to collect information about the transformation of the form of television production into virtual. The results showed that: The virtual live streaming production process used two stages, namely pre-production, preparation of the production design for the VirtueAll tv program, and agenda setting. The production stage is to change the production design into audiovisual. In the production of virtual live streaming using several platforms, including Google Meet, Zoom and OBS (Open Broadcaster Software). Google Meet facilities as a virtual master control room (MCR) and zoom as a virtual studio. The positive impact of this research is beneficial for the community to provide knowledge to become content creators with minimalist and adaptive tools to the current pandemic conditions. The negative impact is less appreciative to interact as a team work in production team and highly dependent on the readiness of technology including high specification computers and a good internet network.

Improvement of SIFT algorithm and its application in visual inspection system for PET bottle capping defects

Aiming at the defects of PET beverage bottles in the process of capping and filling, an improved algorithm based on visual inspection is proposed. First, an improved SIFT algorithm is proposed to improve the running speed, and OPENCV, C++, and Virtual Studio are used to build the interface and implement the algorithm. The preprocessed images are analyzed by the improved SIFT algorithm, and experiments and data analysis are carried out. The research results show that compared with the traditional SIFT algorithm, the improved SIFT algorithm greatly saves the algorithm time when detecting PET bottle capping defects and retains the anti-interference ability of SIFT feature points. The detection of insufficient liquid levels provides a new method and makes the algorithm more practical and valuable.

‘Sense of Place’ in Virtual Design Studio (VDS): A Review

Physical design studio (PDS) and live critique sessions are essential elements in design school pedagogy. It enables students to construct their socio-spatial ability through creativity and rationality in a simultaneous way. However, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, all teaching and learning activities must be conducted remotely in a virtual design studio (VDS). Unfortunately, VDS could be a placeless place for the students and significantly affects their overall learning experience. ‘Sense of Place’, or the people-place engagement, is an important concept in the virtual learning context from the cognitive, affective, and conative domain. VDS not merely provide the ‘place’, but should be able to support dynamic social interactions between students and the tutors as well as to conduct pedagogical activities. Without ‘Sense of Place’, the emotional and psychological engagement in creating learning experiences could not be fulfilled. This paper reviews the previous studies that concentrate on the pedagogical method and ‘Sense of Place’ in VDS at a higher education level. There are several strategies for constructing ‘Sense of Place’ in a VDS. Those are humanization, socialization, the presence of a teacher, guiding structure, graphic tools used, and the student contribution during the learning process. Another strategy is to blend both online and classroom that encourages teachings with multiple learning styles. This conceptualization of ‘Sense of Place’ in VDS is beneficial in further research with empirical data.

Virtual Community Engagement Studio (V-CES): Engaging Mothers With Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions in Research.

Active engagement of community stakeholders is increasingly encouraged in behavioral health research, often described as a co-production approach. Community stakeholders (e.g., patients, providers, policy makers, advocates) play a leading role together with research investigators in conducting the various phases of research, including conceptualization, design, implementation, and the interpretation and dissemination of findings. The concept of co-production has promising benefits for both the target population and the research outcomes, such as producing person-centered interventions with greater acceptability and usability potential. However, it is often the case that neither researchers nor community members are trained or skilled in co-production methods. The field of behavioral health research lacks tools and methods to guide and promote the engagement of diverse stakeholders in the research process. The purpose of this methods paper is to describe the Virtual Community Engagement Studio (V-CES) as a new method for engaging vulnerable populations like mothers with mental health and substance use conditions in research. We piloted the method in collaboration with the Maternal Mental Health Research Collaborative (MMHRC), focusing on one of the most vulnerable, under-researched populations, mothers coping with mental health and/or substance abuse disorders. Our pilot included mothers and providers who work with them as Community Experts to inform all phases of research design and implementation, and the interpretation and application of findings. The aim of this article is to describe the V-CES as a powerful tool that supports the engagement of mothers with mental health and/or substance use disorders and other community stakeholders in research, to provide examples of its use, and to make recommendations for future use, based on lessons learned. The V-CES toolkit is available for use with this target population as well as others.

Multiple HD Screen-Based Virtual Studio System with Learned Mask-Free Portrait Harmonization

Virtual studio technology allows producers to combine live-action footage and computer-generated imagery and has promoted the development of film and television industry. However, the existing green screen-based virtual studio limits the visual effects just in postproduction. In this paper, we propose a new virtual studio system based on the recent emerging technology using multiple high-definition (HD) screens. Besides using traditional computer graphics like other similar systems, our system enables to capture panoramic video from the real world as the background and project it onto multiple HD screens, so as to recreate the scene in the studio. In addition, we propose a mask-free portrait harmonization network to make sure that the appearances of the foreground region and the background are consistent. Our portrait harmonization network does not need any auxiliary foreground mask and works in an end-to-end manner, which meets the postprocessing requirements for our virtual studio. Experimental result on real composite images shows that our network is superior to the state-of-the-art image harmonization method under the task of portrait harmonization. We also demonstrate our system with a CAVE system.

Could engineers work in the metaverse?

This article discusses the metaverse as a 3D immersive professional world for engineers and technologists to work together in real-time. Industry applications include automobile and aerospace manufacturing and production processes, medical/surgical technology and training, and manufacturing, product design and product development in general. Topics covered include virtual collaboration and 3D simulation, physical prototype designs, virtual factories, digital twins, virtual robotics, virtual design testing, implant and prothesis design, 3D printing (including organs), advanced software, haptic investment, augmented reality devices, virtual studio tools, XR (extended reality) and VR, computational modelling and immersive design tools. It also looks at the challenges of the engineering metaverse including the integration of different software, connecting engineering tools and processes and security and privacy issues.

Employing Of the Television the Technologies in Production the News Bulletins

This study aims to identify the most important modern technologies used and the extent to which they are employed in presenting and presenting news bulletins in the “Rudaw” satellite channel, and in order to achieve this, a regular random sample was selected from all bulletins (at eight o’clock in the evening - health - sports) and throughout the program cycle of the channel. For a period of (six months) starting from 1-1- 2021 to 30-6- 2021, in which the researcher relied on taking an industrial month of (30) days representing the target community consisting of (90) (bulletins). This study belongs to the descriptive studies that relied on the sample survey method, through the two tools of observation and survey content analysis of all data from the study sample. The study reached a number of results, the most important of which are: There is a diversity in the methods of presenting news in news bulletins on Rudaw satellite channel, and the method of “the announcer gives an idea of ​​the news in addition to showing motion graphics and infographics” was more used in presenting news bulletins, and the “announcer with the reporter” method was less used. And that Rudaw satellite channel focused in its presentation of news bulletins on some modern graphic techniques and dispensed with other techniques, and the channel had relied heavily on employing “On Air Graphic- Video Wall- Motion Graphics” techniques, while other techniques were not employed, the most important of which is Virtual studio and hologram technology in any way, while 3D technology is used very little.

Collective Memories of Shared Space and Experience in the Creation and Inhabitation of Virtual Studio

AbstractArt and design students’ occupation and use of physical studio spaces have decreased and altered during the Covid 19 pandemic, and online learning spaces have become increasingly important. This case study explores the value of collective memories of shared space in the creation and inhabitation of online studio, using recalled narrative and thematic analysis to inform refinement of the virtual studio used during a unique year. Interior design practice is rooted in collective human interactions within the built environment. We describe the positive effect familiar layout and language have on interior design students' ability to engage effectively in online studio activities, thus enabling students to feel optimistic about the events they have experienced and highlight the effectiveness of the events. Feedback from students and staff provides insight into the influence of digital proxies for space, and the use of familiar language affects the perception of online studio. We conclude by testing our early findings, describing elements the student body found most supportive and propose how we may further expand this research to provide a basis for designing effective and engaging virtual studio spaces.

A Case Study of Virtual Studio Technology Instrument Music Program for Self-Efficacy of Education Welfare Adolescents

본 연구는 가상악기 중심 음악 프로그램이 교육복지대상 청소년의 자기효능감에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 시행되었다. 연구 참여자는 교육복지대상 청소년으로 C도 소재의 청소년문화센터 이용자 2명이다. 연구는 2019년 8월 30일부터 11월 8일까지 주 1~2회, 매 회기 50분씩, 총 12회기의 프로그램으로 진행되었다. 프로그램의 효과를 알아보기 위해 자기효능감 척도를 프로그램 시행 전과 후에 측정하였으며, 하위 요인과 관련하여 세션 내에서 보이는 참여자의 음악적·언어적 반응을 기록하고 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 자기효능감 척도 측정 결과 참여자 모두 사전 점수에 비해 사후 점수가 증가하였다. 둘째, 자기효능감 하위 요인 관련 음악적·언어적 반응에서 참여자 모두 자신의 과제수행 능력에 대해 긍정적으로 평가하였으며 새로운 과제에 대한 도전의식을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구는 교육복지대상 청소년을 대상으로 하는 음악치료 연구 영역을 확대하는데 있어 참고할 수 있는 자료를 제시하였다.

The Virtual Studio: Academic Practice and Covid-19

This practice-based research was conducted during the pandemic to explore the possibilities of ‘studio virtualisation’ within an online learning environment. By harnessing the potential of social media, we explored methods to preserve established art and design studio practices, broaden participation and develop learning spaces that allow students to be expressive, active and engaged.

Exploring tutor-student interactions in a novel virtual design studio

This exploratory case study investigates a novel adaptation of the virtual studio pedagogy. Students are located in authentic professional practice settings, while tutors remain on campus. Verbalisations of tutors' and students' discussions in 13 weekly sessions were characterized and measured using topic modelling and FBS analysis. Tutors and students exhibited large differences: Tutors' cognitive behaviour was generally more abstract while the students’ was more concrete. Further, while tutors were more concerned with design communication, students engaged with specific issues in the manufacturing and organizational setting of their host. Tutor-student interactions did not change significantly over time, with most of the interactions taking place in the solution space. Categorical differences in topics between tutors and students were found that remained consistent over time.