Photo2Video: Semantic-Aware Deep Learning-Based Video Generation from Still Content

Applying machine learning (ML), and especially deep learning, to understand visual content is becoming common practice in many application areas. However, little attention has been given to its use within the multimedia creative domain. It is true that ML is already popular for content creation, but the progress achieved so far addresses...

Story Authoring in Augmented Reality

Most content creation applications currently in use are conventional PC tools with visualisation on a 2D screen and indirect interaction, e.g. through mouse and keyboard. Augmented Reality (AR) is a medium that can provide actual 3D visualisation and more hands-on interaction for these purposes. This paper explores how AR can be used for story...

Story ARtist: Story Authoring in Augmented Reality

Most of the content creation applications that are currently common in use are regular PC applications with simulated 3D visualisation on a 2D screen and indirect interaction through a mouse and keyboard. Augmented Reality (AR) is a medium that can provide actual 3D visualisation and more hands-on interaction for these applications. This thesis...

Game Level Design using Procedural Natural Systems

Due to an increase in scale and amount of detail needed for next gen games, the time required to design a game world has increased dramatically. Even though more advanced tools have become available, designing a game world is still largely done by hand. One area that suffers substantially from this is the design of large scale natural phenomena...