Rohann Dorabjee
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs
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As an interaction designer and researcher, I have always shared my passion for innovative thinking and creating positive, engaging experiences through my work. With the recent advancements in the digital age, I primarily focused on user experience in immersive 3D experiences with virtual, augmented and mixed realities.
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Part of being involved both in the industry and academics, I have had the opportunity to work alongside with other academics and having the opportunity to teach some of the most impressive students out there! The essential skills that I have developed during my degree at the Design lab at University of Sydney, was being able to think and apply new strategies to further push existing prototypes.
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Outside of university, I enjoy playing games and designing new experiences for digital content such as virtual worlds. I have been an active UGC developer, providing textures and models on IMVU Inc. since 2010.
Focus
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Experience
Sessional lecturer
Design Lab - University of Sydney
2 years - On going
Courses: Principles of Animation (DECO1017), Animation and Motion Design (DECO3006)
Teaching students the fundamental principles of animation and motion design, to develop an understanding of the process involved in developing character, text and motion graphics based animation. -
Lead UI UX Designer
Urban Housing Lab - University of Sydney
2 years - On going
Designing and developing an online platform for researchers and scholars to publish their publications, news feed and personal profiles. View Page
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3D User Experience Designer
Van Den Berg Design Team
6 months
Recent involvements included Augmented reality experiences on mobile devices for clients.
- Low topology modelling for AR experience
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UGC Developer (Freelancer)
Design Lab - University of Sydney
6 years
As a Content Creator of virtual products for IMVU’s catalog, my responsibility is to create an engaging user experience for IMVU members all over the world. Providing services such as add on items, virtual environments and bundled characters.
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Tutor and Demonstrator
University of Sydney
2 years 7 months
Sessional Lecturer and tutor for Principles of Animation (DECO1017), Animation and Motion Design (DECO3006) at the University of Sydney.
Main focus was to introduce the fundamental principles of the animation process, to develop an understanding of the process involved in developing character, text and motion graphics based animation, and to develop an understanding of the integration between 2D artwork and 3D composition.
Services
Mixed Realities Workshop - Co-Facilitator
Sydney Design Festival 20162 session workshop
Workshop participants will learn about current trends, interaction design challenges of VR apps, create Google VR Cardboards and use them to experience VR environments using 360 cameras.
Virtual and Augmented Reality Workshop - Facilitator
Life @ Sydney - Design Lab
2 day workshops - 2015 - 2016
This session involves a number of hands-on activities, in which participants were be able to design digital products, also presenting them with new tech, such as the Oculus Rift VR headset.
Education
Bachelor of Design Computing (Honours) First Class
University of Sydney2012 - 2016
Workshop participants will learn about current trends, interaction design challenges of VR apps, create Google VR Cardboards and use them to experience VR environments using 360 cameras.
NZQA Achievement with Merit
Pakuranga College
2006 - 2010
This session involves a number of hands-on activities, in which participants were be able to design digital products, also presenting them with new tech, such as the Oculus Rift VR headset.