I am a final year PhD student at the University of Plymouth.
The objective of my PhD research project is explore the role of interactive panoramas in the preservation of cultural memory. While there is a wealth of research on the preservation of public memory and cultural heritage sites using digital media, more can be explored on how these media can contribute to the cultivation of cultural memory. The emergence of digital panoramic cameras and panoramic environments has opened up new opportunities for exploring the role of panoramas not only as a documentary tool for visiting sites but mainly as a more complex technique for telling interactive narratives through the application of panoramic photography and videography which, when presented in a wrap-around environment, could enhance recalling.
I was awarded MSc in Surveying and Cartography, specialization in Geo-computer science, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland (2000-2005). I was also a Socrates/Erasmus exchange programme student at Dresden University of Technology (2004-2005). I am a panorama photographer and create multimedia presentations. I won a number of business awards at the University of Plymouth (2007-2012). My sole-trader was awarded the Microentrepreneur of Year 2006 in Poland. I published a few multimedia DVDs with interactive full screen panoramas and have designed the website about my research (www.charles360.info and www.360stories.net). My paper presented on the Virtual Systems and MultiMedia conference (VSMM2009) was awarded the Best Student Paper Award. I am also a shortlisted finalist ? Postgraduate Research Student of the Year 2010.
You are welcome to my new website: www.360stories.net
Karol Kwiatek and Ladybug3
About my research
My publications:
2012
Conference: 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM 2012)
Title: How to preserve inspirational environments that once surrounded a poet?
Immersive 360-degree video and the cultural memory of Charles Causley's poetry.
Location: Milan, Italy, 2-5 September 2012
Link: http://www.vsmm2012.org/
PDF: PDF file
Journal: Journal of Immersive Education
Volume: 1 - Inaugural Issue
Author: Karol Kwiatek
Conference: immersive Education 2012 - Boston 2012 - iED Summit
Title of the article: An Exploration of 360° Film and Immersive Environments for Educational Purposes
Location: Boston, USA, 14-16 June 2012
Link: http://summit.immersiveeducation.org/2012_Boston_Summit_program.html
HTML5 version of the journal: http://JiED.org
PDF: PDF file
2011
Title of my chapter: Charles Church and 360º Filming
Author: Karol Kwiatek
Title of the book: Narrative and the Built Heritage: Papers in Tourism Research
Authors of the book: Charlie Mansfield and Simon Seligman
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date of publication: 26 Jun 2011
Link: Amazon.co.uk
ISBN-13: 978-3639277333
Conference: immersive Education 2011 - Boston 2011 - iED Summit
Title: 'Discover Krakow': Presenting the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Poland using 360º film
Location: Boston, USA, 13-15 May 2011
Link: http://mediagrid.org/summit/2011_Boston_Summit_program.html
PDF: PDF file
Conference: 3D-ARCH'2011 - 3D Virtual Reconstruction and Visualization of Complex Architectures (3D-ARCH 2011)
Title: 360º FILM BRINGS BOMBED CHURCH TO LIFE
Location: Trento, Italy, 2-5 March 2011
Link: http://www.3d-arch.org/
Link (ISPRS): www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVIII/5-W16/pdf/kwiatek.pdf
PDF: PDF file
2010
Conference: 16th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM 2010)
Title: Transporting the viewers into the 360° heritage story.
Panoramic interactive narrative presented on a wrap-around screen.
Location: Seoul, South Korea, 20-23 October 2010
Link: http://www.vsmm2010.or.kr/
PDF: PDF file
Video: Video file
Conference: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2010)
Title: Let me understand the poetry: embedding interactive storytelling within panoramic virtual environments
Location: London, UK, 5-7 July 2010
Link: http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.36090
PDF: PDF file
2009
Conference: 15th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM 2009)
Title: Embedding Interactive Storytelling within Still and Video Panoramas for Cultural Heritage Sites
Location: Vienna, Austria, 9-12 September 2009
Link: http://www.vsmm2009.org
Award: Best Student Student Paper Award
PDF: PDF file
Video: Video file
ICCI 360 festival - 13-19.09.2010 - Plymouth
Image: ICCI
Example of an interactive panorama from Krakow in Poland
Example of a video panorama from Krakow in Poland
Example of an interactive video panorama from Krakow in Poland
'Discover Krakow' (360-degree video) presented on iDome screen in Hong Kong on 15th October 2010
23.03.2011: Charles Church on film (Enterprise Magazine 2011)
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/files/extranet/docs/WEB/Enterprisemagazine2011.pdf
16.09.2010: Postgraduate Research Student of the Year - finalist
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=30572
I won the Best Student Student Paper Award at the VSMM2009 (15th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia VSMM 2009
Vienna, Austria, September 9-12, 2009).
Title: Embedding Interactive Storytelling within Still and Video Panoramas for Cultural Heritage Sites
Authors: Karol Kwiatek and Martin Woolner
Link to the paper: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/VSMM.2009.36
Link to picture:
http://www.vsmm2009.org/pictures/VSMM2009-132.jpg
I also won Business Ideas Challenge awards:
