Content Creation for Immersive Media focused on Biodiversity

This course positions the biodiversity collections and research communities to contribute high-fidelity digital captures of biodiversity for emerging opportunities in immersive media, including augmented, mixed, and virtual reality and 360-degree photography/videography. We will introduce workhorse structure-from-motion and cutting-edge, AI-enabled NeRF 3D modeling techniques, best-in-class examples of their utility, and potential new directions in the space for the biodiversity collections community. Participants will gain an understanding of how immersive media approaches can be applied for research, education, and outreach. The course is open to everyone from the biodiversity collections and adjacent communities from around the world.

Led by Austin Mast

Next offering: Course concluded.

2 Hour course | Online | Free Course fees underwritten by the National Science Foundation. | Offered in English

Introducing you to the people behind the research.

This course provides the opportunity to engage with a panel of experts representing leading-edge immersive media projects.

The panel featured research presented by Edward L. Stanley, Ph.D. — Director, Digital Imaging Division, Florida Museum of Natural History; Lori Collins, Ph.D. — Research Associate Professor & Co-Director, Digital Heritage and Humanities Collection, Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information, University of South Florida; and Hyo Kang, Ph.D. — Assistant Professor in Digital Arts & Sciences, Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida.