It's All About YOU! with Karol Kwiatek

Kwiatek

Name: Karol Kwiatek
Age: 28
Occupation: Director of Virtual Tour
Location: University of Plymouth (originally from Poland)

Biography

I am a second year PhD student. I have been living in Plymouth since October 2007. I came from Poland. My research project is to discover new and compelling method for developing narratives that are presented via the use of interactive still and video panorama that encompasses the use of communication technologies and virtual reality. The final goal of the project is to build on the tradition of touring panoramas to create a new form of demountable immersive digital ‘gallery space’ or ‘virtual arena’ that is suitable for a broad spectrum of audio-visual material and other creative content.


This research will lead to the creation of descriptive narratives that would be displayed on a 360-degree screen. Multi-layered multimedia assets (3D objects, movies, audio) would appear at specific times during the 360-degree movie and will enhance the effect of storytelling by showing hidden places or objects that are not visible because of, for example; the passing of time (historical objects) or physically not visible from a viewpoint. I started my interest in panoramic imagery during my studies in Dresden in Germany.
I am a panorama photographer and create multimedia presentations. I won the first prize in the first round of Business Ideas Challenge in 2008 and then I won Creative Award in the final stage of this university competition. I published a few multimedia DVDs with interactive fullscreen panoramas in Poland. You can also see new video panoramas from the campus (link). I am looking for compelling stories that could be told using interactive panoramas and video panoramas.

To contact me email - campus@uop360.co.uk