Chris Staring
Creative Technologist
Originating from country Victoria, I began my career as an Adobe flash and web designer/developer and animator working on Disney advertising in Melbourne, Australia. However, as a multidisciplinary and mostly self-taught artist, I always found myself involved in many other personal or collaborative projects outside of my role, including projection mapping, 3D, animation, film, photography, VFX and post production.
As time progressed and technology evolved, I moved into a role as a digital developer and designer for many other large clients at a larger creative agency. From here I had the opportunity to incorporate my other disciplines into my work as well as experiment and prototype AR and VR into my work. Soon the title of creative technologist became a more fitting title and it is around this point that my passion for capturing 3D environments using photogrammetry and LIDAR began to emerge.
I now manage a smart cities project within local government where I manage a 3D Digital twin of the entire city and use VR for community engagement. The project has become one of the most innovative in the digital twin space in Australian local government, however, my passion for expressing myself through creativity still drives me to pursue side projects, where I continue to utilise new, innovative, and immersive technologies.
Most notibly, one of these side projects involved me serving as the creative technologist and creative director for the experimental VR film “Loverboy” which uses innovative volumetric video and 3D scanning. I scanned all the environments, coordinated the technical setup of the 3D video rigs, and processed and coded the entire film in Unity. The project won the Best Technology award at Cinequest Film & VR festival, plus nominated for many other film festival awards world wide.
I have also been a Freelance travel photographer and writer at certain points in my life, winning multiple competitions and awards, but I keep that stuff over here: www.chrisstaring.com
