KUCHING: Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (Swinburne Sarawak) and the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) Sarawak Branch jointly organised their first online live edition of an evening talk series recently.
The evening talk was hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science (FECS) of Swinburne Sarawak.
The talk featured facilitator Dr Tay Fey Siang, Swinburne Academic and Research Leader in an intelligent control system and invited speaker Jimsley Lim — a Civil Engineering alumnus and winner of Sarawak’s Most Innovative Young Entrepreneur Award 2018 for pioneering the use of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) in the planning and design of city development.
Speakers and participants also discussed the advancement of VR, AR and Mixed Reality (MR) technologies and its trajectory in future communications.
Lim said that the technologies are thriving in numerous sectors, most noticeably in the entertainment, tourism and surveillance and monitoring sectors.
“Currently, the AR, VR and MR are making huge inroad into the engineering sector as well,” he said.
Meanwhile, IEM Sarawak committee member and Swinburne’s External Engagement coordinator Dr Angelia Liew said that the session received an overwhelming response from 85 industry professionals, engineers and academicians.
“We were excited to go online and reach out to engineering colleagues outside of Kuching, and the topic is well suited for online delivery,” she said.
According to the dean of the Faculty, Professor Su Hieng Tiong, he believed that learning should not stop just because of the movement control order (MCO).
“We have embraced digital delivery in all our foundation and degree programmes during this MCO period. I would like to congratulate our students who are keeping up with online learning with much fortitude. We will ensure that no students are left behind,” he said.
