Patrick Kruse is a communication designer with a focus on interaction design in mixed reality applications. As a researcher in the field of human-technology interaction, he is part of the MIREVI team (Mixed Reality and Visualization) at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences. Since completing his master's degree in communication design, he has also been working as a freelancer on visual storytelling and content creation projects. In his work, he pursues the goal of making complex issues easy to understand. With a background in moving images, he communicates knowledge through storytelling. Between the virtual and real space, he works on technically adept, user-oriented and environmentally responsible problem solutions.

Chris Henschke works across digital and analogue media, utilizing and interrogating the technologies and techniques of experimental science. His practice involves cross-disciplinary collaboration and research, and he teached media art at RMIT University. He has undertaken various residencies and collaborations including the National Gallery of Australia, 2004; Asialink, 2007; the Australian Synchrotron, 2007 and 2010; ANAT SYNAPSE at the CSIRO 2018-2019; and CERN, 2013-2018 through the art@CMS collaboration program.

John McCormick is a technology-based artist with a major interest in human movement, extended reality and robotics. John has collaborated on works worldwide, including at peak festivals ISEA, ZERO1SJ, SIGGRAPH, Melbourne Festival, Venice Biennale, Siggraph Asia, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) London, Ars Electronica, Tokyo International Forum and Art Science Museum Singapore. John is Associate Professor of Interactive Media and Acting Director of the Centre for Transformative Media Technologies at Swinburne University of Technology. John was an Australian Antarctic Arts Fellow on the final voyage of the Aurora Australis to Antarctica. Lately he investigates robots as collaborative performing partners and the use of machine learning enabling non-human systems to co-create artworks with humans.

Donna Kendrigan is an Australian artist working with animation, photography, installation, sculpture, and interactive digital media, with a particular interest in merging traditional stop motion animation techniques with immersive technologies. Fusing experimental animations and soundscapes, Donna creates immersive installations, often collaborating with musicians and sound artists. Her work draws upon the archive to explore and reframe historic objects, bringing alternative perspectives and creative agency to objects. Donna was recently commissioned by State Library Victoria (SLV) to create an experimental animation installation, 'Season of the Orchid', exhibited at 'Handmade Universe' in 2022 - 2023. This work was informed by Donna’s research around collection objects (known as realia) during her 2018 SLV Creative Fellowship. In 2021, Donna co-founded 'Hyperrealia', an augmented reality media art collective, together with Chris Henschke and John McCormick, with support by the Alchemy program. 'Hyperrealia' has recently been awarded further development support from Creative Victoria and Creative Australia.

Nhu Bui is a designer-researcher “living between cultures” with a deep sense of responsibility towards preserving and celebrating her heritage. She was born in Saigon (HCMC), Vietnam, and is currently based in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). Nhu is a research assistant at RMIT PlaceLab and a graduate of the Master of Animation, Games & Interactivity at RMIT. Her research focuses on Safeguarding Vietnamese Intangible Heritage through Augmented Reality Practice. Nhu has worked as a UX/UI Designer for several creative agencies in Naarm (Melbourne). However, her deep passion led her to pursue a master’s degree, where she em-braced Augmented Reality to preserve Vietnamese intangible heritage. This is when Nhu realises an underlying sticky problem of technology overreach and challenges herself to explore how practitioners can uphold cultural authenticity while harnessing 3D advanced tools. For Nhu, this journey is not just about exploring new inter-action methods; it's also a personal evolution. It's connected to her shifting cultural identities, her growing awareness of her responsibilities as a Vietnamese individual living in Australia, and the role she plays as a creative practitioner and researcher in the expanding domain of digital heritage. Nhu's research is poised to take a step forward as a potential PhD project under the supervision of experts in the field. Her series of apps is accessible on the App Store and is exhibited at Vietnam's Festival of Creativity and Design exhibition, where she also hosts an artist talk and workshop. Additionally, she will soon present her research at the Future Heritage Symposium and mentor in the "Future Ancestors" Study program at RMIT Hanoi.

Pat Wingshan Wong, an artist-researcher and assistant professor at Hong Kong Baptist University's School of Visual Arts, graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2021. Specializing in community narratives with a focus on architecture, technology, memory, and identity. Wong's ongoing Barter Archive project, awarded the Varley Memorial Award in 2020 and funded by Art Council England in 2021, collaborates with curators from Tata Archive and Whitechapel. Wong, a 2022 Museum of London fellow, gained media attention in The Guardian, The World of Interior, It's Nice That, The Londonist, and the South China Morning Post. Their Ongoing projects, including the Foreseen Property Agency initiative, received funding from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and Design Trust HK in 2020 and 2023, respectively.

Kachi Chan, an interdisciplinary artist, and research assistant professor at Hong Kong Baptist University's School of Visual Arts, employs computational animation, digital reality technologies, and robotics to explore the intersection of physical and digital realities. Recognized at international venues such as Ars Electronica and Art Basel, Kachi received accolades including the Ars Electronica Honorary Mention (2022), Bartlett School of Architecture Medal (2022), and Golden Pin Design Award (2019). Funded by the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme in 2019, Kachi pursued a Master's at the Royal College of Art and Bartlett School of Architecture, focusing on robotics as an art form to address socio-political and cybernetic themes.