A Bit About Me
From a background in film and animation, I began my career as an animator, quickly mastering different disciplines of animation such as character animation, both in 2D and 3D by working on cartoon network animations such as Marvo the Wonder Chicken and game cinematics at Quark System Energy.
Later I moved to TV production, as a Motion Graphic animation, and later to a more demanding fast-paced working environment in realistic animation production in the architecture visualisation industry. There, I took the initiative to improve their workflow allowing for better vehicle animation along with simulated physics and realistic human motion capture implementation.
Next stop was research and development of new Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual reality (VR) products to gain a competitive edge in the industry. Upon achieving my goals, my efforts were recognised by the MDEC’s Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and gained the award of MSC status for his company.
The last 2 years of my decade long experience in the industry was managing production of Architectural, commercial animations and development of AR mobile applications from clients around the world including Marvel.
I have been lucky to receive a scholarship working on an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project which explores cooperative driving behaviour between human operators and self-driving cars. I am currently a PhD researcher discovering how front-seat passengers are able to anticipate the drivers decisions in a real-world driving concept. The acquired knowledge will inform the design of human-machine interfaces in self-driving cars of tomorrow.
In the meantime I am working together with a wonderful team of devoted and inspirational designers at BMW Group + QUT Design Academy to produce augmented reality experiences which inspire, inform and enhance the interaction experience with BMW products and services.
Where will I be next? with great people doing amazing things, as always.
Mohammad Faramazian
Academy Design Associate Intern