AAUT & UniSA Breakfast Series: 20 Nov
10 November, 2025
Embedding Virtual Production in Creative Arts Education
Watch the recording HERE.
Mr Paul Van Opdenbosch (QUT) 2024 AAUT Citation Winner for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
8.00 – 9.00 AM (ACST) Thursday 20th November 2025
Hosted by UniSA’s Teaching Innovation Unit
ABSTRACT: In this presentation, Paul Van Opdenbosch shares insights from his journey developing Virtual Production (VP) capabilities at QUT, exploring both the creative potential and institutional challenges of embedding VP within higher education. Framing VP as an expansive and evolving field, he examines how the term now encompasses a diverse range of workflows and methods that merge games, film, VFX, animation, and real-time technologies. As traditional boundaries between roles, pipelines, and production stages blur, Paul highlights how VP is reshaping industry practice and transforming teaching environments. The presentation also reflects on the importance of experimentation, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and student engagement in preparing the next generation of creators for this rapidly changing landscape.
BIO: Paul Van Opdenbosch is an award-winning lecturer and researcher in QUT’s School of Creative Arts, specialising in Virtual Production, Real-Time Animation, and experimental screen practice. He leads the development of QUT Virtual Production Studio—one of Australia’s first university-based VP facilities—advancing new forms of storytelling through real-time and hybrid production research. His practice-led approach bridges creative arts, health, and technology, attracting national recognition and research funding that supports cross-disciplinary collaboration and innovation.
Paul’s teaching and leadership have transformed QUT’s creative arts curriculum, embedding Virtual Production and Situated Creative Practice into industry-facing learning. His contributions have been recognised through the 2024 Australian Award for University Teaching Citation, the 2022 QUT David Gardiner Teacher of the Year Award, and the 2025 UNSW Visiting Teaching Fellowship. As a committee member of ACM SIGGRAPH Brisbane and an Epic Games Academic Partner, Paul continues to strengthen Australia’s capacity in emerging screen and immersive media production.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.