Resources

Resources

Selected Publications

Here are a few of selected publications by members of the research centre. These papers are indexed in IEEE, ACM and many more:

  1. Fauzan Mustaffa; Peter Charles Woods; Mohamad Izani Zainal Abidin; Harold Thwaites; Muhammed Fauzi Othman. (2023). Bridges of Post Melaka Sultanate across Centuries DOI: 10.2991/978-2-38476-138-8_5
  2. Su Hong Gick, Giselle; Thwaites, Harold.(2023). ‘Creating a Tool to Explore Intergenerational Understandings Through the use of Virtual Reality in Malaysia’Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue.
    DOI: 10.34074/junc.23003
  3. Santano, Delas, Thwaites, Harold. (2022). ‘The Soul of The Masks: A Journey Through Mah Meri Indigenous Carvings’. Junctures: The Journal of Thematic Dialogue. DOI: 10.34074/junc.22080
  4. Nordin, H., Razak, B. A., Mokhtar, N., & Jamaludin, M. F. (2022). Feature Extraction of Mold Defects on Fine Arts Painting using Derivative Oriented Thresholding. Journal of Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life, 9(2), 192-201.
  5. Esmaeili, Human; Thwaites, Harold. (2021). Addressing environmental awareness through immersive VR experiences, gamification and hypothetical scenario development. Virtual Creativity, 2021-10-01 DOI: 10.1386/vcr_00049_1
  6. Thwaites, Harold (2021), ‘Heritage preservation in the post-digital era: How much information is enough?’, Virtual Creativity, 11:1, pp. 9–31,
  7. Santano, Delas, Esmaeili, Human, Thwaites, Harold and Amar, Shamsul (2021),‘Unmasking the Mah Meri mask: A digitization journey for AR and VR’, Virtual Creativity, 11:1, pp. 33–51,
  8. Sansom, Matthew and See, Zi Siang (2021), ‘Translating performative media- ted art into virtual reality: A case study’, Virtual Creativity, 11:1, pp. 53–65,
  9. Fauzan Mustaffa, Peter Woods Charles, Harold Thwaites, Eugene Ch’ng and Lim Yan Peng (2020). A Perspective on the 15th Century Melaka Sultanate Bridge: A Reconstruction Studies, Proceedings of the International Conference of Innovation in Media and Visual Design (IMDES 2020), pp. 254-260,  ISBN: 978-94-6239-284-7, Atlantis Press. doi:
  10. Feinstein K. (2020 ).The Image of Presence and the Presence of the Image. In: Kurosu M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Design and User Experience. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12181. Springer, Cham.
  11. Feinstein, K, (2020). Our Relationship With the Image as a Form of Being-With, (Proceeding of Electronic Visualisation in the Arts 2020, BCS Learning and Development Ltd., London UK.
  12. Feinstein, K, (2020). From Metaphor Machine to Being-With Apparatus, (Pòs, Volume 10, Number 19, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
  13. Feinstein, K, (2019). From Metaphor Machine to Being-With Apparatus.  (Pòs, Volume 10, Number 19, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil).
  14. Feinstein, K, (2019). Being-with Media: Encountering the moving image in physical space. Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Visualisation in the Arts 2019,. BCS Learning and Development Ltd., London UK.
  15. Harold Thwaites, Delas Santano, Human Esmaeili, Zi Siang See. (2019). A Malaysian Cultural Heritage Digital Compendium, in Journal of Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. 
  16. Addison, L. & Thwaites, H. (2018). Editors. 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress(Digital Heritage) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018) IEEE Xplore, San Francisco, CA, USA. ISBN 978-1-7281-0292-4 
  17. Eugene Ch’ng ; Yiyu Cai ; Harold Thwaites. Special Issue on VR for Culture and Heritage: The Experience of Cultural Heritage with Virtual Reality: Guest Editors’ Introduction (2018).  Presence Volume: 26 , Issue: 03, Page s: iii – vi MIT Press Journals. 
  18. Thwaites, H. (2018). Digital Transformations of the Cultural Imaginary, In Peter Heard Ed. Great Thinkers Great Minds, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University Professorial Lecture Series, Vol 1. ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University Press. Pp.215-258. 
  19. Delas Santano and Harold Thwaites. (2018). Augmented Reality Storytelling: A Transmedia Exploration. 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018) IEEE. ISBN 978-1-7281-0292-4.
  20. Human Esmaeili, Harold Thwaites and Peter Woods. (2018). A conceptual User–Centered Approach to Immersive Digital Heritage Site/Museum Experiences: The Hidden Waterfall City. 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018) ISBN 978-1-7281-0292-4. https://DOI: 10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2018.8810110
  21. Feinstein, K, (2018). Beyond the Screen Moving images in Physical Spaces.(Proceedings of the 23nd Annual Virtual Systems & Multi Media conference, Dublin, Ireland, 2018). IEEE publication. DOI 
  22. Zi Siang See, Delas Santano, Matthew Sansom, Chi How Fong and Harold Thwaites (2018). Tomb of a Sultan: A VR Digital Heritage Approach. 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018) IEEE. ISBN 978-1-7281-0292-4. https://DOI: 10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2018.8810083
  23. Esmaeili, H., & Thwaites, H. (2018). What Happened Here? An Immersive Virtual Story Narrated by Users. IEEE Games, Entertainment & Media Conference, Galway, Ireland. ISBN: 978-1-5386-6304-2 
  24. Zi Siang See, Xia Sheng Lee, Adam Brimo, Harold Thwaites, Lizbeth Goodman (2018) MOOC for AR VR Training. 2018 IEEE Games, Entertainment, Media Conference (GEM), IEEE, 
  25. Esmaeili, H., Thwaites, H., & Woods, P. C. (2017, December). Workflows and Challenges Involved in Creation of Realistic Immersive Virtual Museum, Heritage, and Tourism Experiences: A Comprehensive Reference for 3D Asset Capturing. On the 13th International Conference In Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems (SITIS 2017), pp. 465-472, IEEE. 
  26. Esmaeili, H., Thwaites, H., & Woods, P. C., (2017). Immersive Virtual Environments for Tacit Knowledge Transfer Focusing on Gestures: A Workflow. 2017 International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2017), IEEE. 
  27. Zi Siang See, Mohd Shahrizal Sunar, Mark Billinghurst, Arindam Dey, Delas Santano, Human Esmaeili, Harold Thwaites (2017) Exhibition Approach Using an AR and VR Pillar. Siggraph Asia 2017 Mobile Graphics and Interactive Application. 
  28. Zi Siang See, Mohd Shahrizal Sunar, Mark Billinghurst, Arindam Dey, Delas Santano, Human Esmaeili, Harold Thwaites (2017) An Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Pillar for Exhibitions: A Subjective Exploration. International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence & Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, Australia. 
  29. Zi Siang See, David Blundell, Harold Thwaites (2017) Virtual Reality 360 Content Preservation for Disaster Relief. Pacific Neighborhood Consortium 2017 (PNC 2017), Taiwan. 
  30. Delas Santano, Zi Siang See, Chi How Fong, Harold Thwaites (2017) Aerial Virtual Reality 360 Research-Creation. International Conference on Visual Systems & Multimedia. Dublin, Ireland. 
  31. Feinstein, K & Morris, J, (2017). Developing a Narrative Experience in a Post-Media Environment, (Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Virtual Systems & Multi Media conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. IEEE publication. DOI: 
  32. Thwaites, Harold, Lau, Sian Lun, Addison, Alonzo. (2016). Proceedings of VSMM 2014 22nd International Conference. IEEE Explore Conference Publications. ISBN: 978-1-4673-8993- 8. DOI: 10.1109/VSMM39299.2016
  33. Esmaeili, H., Woods, P.C., & Thwaites, H. (2016, October). e-Reconstruction and e-Archiving of Iconic Architectural Heritage: A Complete Example. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 22nd International Conference, IEEE. 
  34. Feinstein, K., & Morris, J. (2016, October). Developing a narrative experience in a post-media environment. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 22nd International Conference, IEEE. 
  35. Esmaeili, H., & Thwaites, H. (2016, October). Virtual photogrammetry. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 22nd International Conference, IEEE. 
  36. Santano, D., Thwaites, H., & Yahya, M. A. (2016, October). The boatbuilder of Pangkor Island. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016. IEEE. 
  37. Esmaeili, H., Woods, P. C., & Thwaites, H. (2015, November). Virtual Preservation of Contemporary Architectural Heritage in Developing Countries in Absence of Protection: Digital Reconstruction, Recording, and Archiving before Complete Disappearance. In 2015 11th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems (SITIS), pp. 796-803. IEEE. 
  38. See, Z. S., Rengganaten, V., Billinghurst, M., & Soo, S. (2016, November). Medical learning murmurs simulation with mobile audible augmented reality. In SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications (p. 4). ACM. 
  39. Esmaeili, H., Woods, P. C., & Houshangi, T. (2016, October). An overview of independent learning environments provided by self-access media: A lesson from CG industry. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 22nd International Conference, IEEE. 
  40. Santano, D., & Mustaffa, F. (2016, October). Re-imagining folklore stories in illustrated animatic. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 . IEEE. 
  41. Esmaeili, H., Woods, P. C., & Omar, A. A. (2016, October). Automated network for knowledge transfer between resource management agencies: Real-time monitoring/database for household waste management in high-rise residential buildings in Malaysia. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), IEEE. 
  42. See, Z. S., Rengganaten, V., Billinghurst, M., & Soo, S. (2016, November). Mobile audible AR experience for medical learning murmurs simulation. In SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications (p. 19). ACM. 
  43. Esmaeili, H., & Woods, P. C. (2016, October). Calm down buddy! it’s just a game: Behavioral patterns observed among teamwork MMO participants in WARGAMING’s world of tanks. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 22nd International Conference, IEEE. 
  44. Lee, X. S., Yan, C. P., & See, Z. S. (2016, July). Irregular shaped building design optimization with building information modelling. In MATEC Web of Conferences (Vol. 66). EDP Sciences. 
  45. Fong, C. H., Billinghurst, M., See, Z. S., & Esmaeili, H. (2016, October). PepperGram With Interactive Control. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016 22nd International Conference, IEEE. 
  46. Lee, X. S., Khamidi, M. F., See, Z. S., Lees, T. J., & Chai, C. (2016, October). Augmented reality for ndimensional building information modelling: Contextualization, Customization and Curation. In Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM), 2016, IEEE. 
  47. Fauzan Mustaffa; Peter Charles Woods; Mohamad Izani Zainal Abidin; Harold Thwaites; Muhammed Fauzi Othman. (2023). Bridges of Post Melaka Sultanate across Centuries DOI: 10.2991/978-2-38476-138-8_5
  48. Su Hong Gick, Giselle; Thwaites, Harold.(2023). ‘Creating a Tool to Explore Intergenerational Understandings Through the use of Virtual Reality in Malaysia’Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue.
    DOI: 10.34074/junc.23003
  49. Santano, Delas, Thwaites, Harold. (2022). ‘The Soul of The Masks: A Journey Through Mah Meri Indigenous Carvings’. Junctures: The Journal of Thematic Dialogue. DOI: 10.34074/junc.22080
  50. Nordin, H., Razak, B. A., Mokhtar, N., & Jamaludin, M. F. (2022). Feature Extraction of Mold Defects on Fine Arts Painting using Derivative Oriented Thresholding. Journal of Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life, 9(2), 192-201.
  51. Esmaeili, Human; Thwaites, Harold. (2021). Addressing environmental awareness through immersive VR experiences, gamification and hypothetical scenario development. Virtual Creativity, 2021-10-01 DOI: 10.1386/vcr_00049_1

 

Online Resources

SCDHCH has a diverse collection of video tours and VR experiences related to our exhibitions and projects that can be visited via the links below:

  1. To experience the multi screen folklore exhibition, please see the (2minute) video at YouTube:
  2. Please visit our Google Arts and Culture - CRCDM Exhibition via the link:
  3. For further insight into the AR storybook, please see the demo video (2minutes) at YouTube:
  4. Experience the Hainan Boatbuilder of Pangkor Island exhibition tour (4minutes), visitYouTube:
  5. For further insight into the Hainan Boatbuilder of Pangkor Island AR Book Demo (3:30minutes) at
  6. Watch the Hainan Boatbuilder of Pangkor Island full length documentary–24minutes. \
  7. Watch the Hainan Boatbuilder Exhibition Documentary - 12minutes here:
  8. To see the VR 360 Pangkor Boatbuilder Workshop – interactive video visit YouTube at: .
  9. Experience the Waterfall City Virtual World project - demo video (13 minutes) at:
  10. For further insight into the Sultan’s Tomb, please see the demo video (1minute) on our YouTube Channel at:
  11. Explore the AR Exhibition Pillar 2017 at:
  12. Re-Visit the PureLand ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Exhibition here: https://