The IMGM Research Group has officially joined as part of the Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Laboratory. The new look of the domain and website can be accessed at the following url: arvr-lab.poliban.ac.id/profile-imgm-researchgroup/ 

Research on the concept of intelligent interactive media technology for basic programming learning by embedding open-posing and problem-solving type of problem-posing learning models in the interaction flow has been successfully published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. This article was presented at The 5th IEEE ICVEE 2020 at UNESA, Surabaya. The research is collaborating with lecturers at Brawijaya University and Professors at Hiroshima University. It is hoped that this innovation, it can make it easier for learners to learn basic programming with the interactions offered from the intelligent interactive media. View Article.

On November 17, 2020, the Chair of the IMGM Research Group (Aulia Akhrian Syahidi, M.Kom.) was invited to become a guest speaker and teacher to support the Center of Excellence (COE) Program of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia. SMK Negeri 2 Banjarmasin was successfully selected as one of the schools that received assistance to become COE in the creative economy in the animation sector. The topic presented by the Chair of the IMGM Research Group was about the Opportunities for the World of Animation in the Future and at the same time introducing the research group and promoting the applications that have been developed. View Article.

On November 14, 2020, the IMGM research group was allowed to be covered by the Creative Economy Team, because as one of the applications and game developers included in the sub-sector of the creative economy in Banjarmasin City. Aulia Akhrian Syahidi, M.Kom. together with research students doing various simulations on applications and games that have been made. Akhrian himself is actually a member of the creative economy team in Banjarmasin City who is in the field of research and development (R&D).

On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, a coordination meeting was held for members of the IMGM research group. The meeting was intended to find out what achievements have been carried out and what work has not been as well as future research programs. Furthermore, it also looks at all the potential and needs of users for application development, increasing the ability of members and scientific publications.

The Chair of the IMGM Research Group presented three research results at the 3rd IEEE ICVEE 2020 which was held on 3-4 October 2020 at the Zoom Online Room. Organized by Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA) and in collaboration with IEEE and Atlantis Press indexed by Scopus, the event was packaged in the UNESA Join International Conferences as the main session. There are three studies that were successfully accepted with the topic of interactive educational media, mobile augmented reality, and smart dustbins for smart campus environment. This article, which has been presented, will soon be processed for publication on the IEEE and Atlantis Press.

Webinar series are routinely carried out by the Informatics Study Program, Mulawarman University. This time, on September 13, 2020 at 14.00 WITA, a webinar with the theme: "Increasing the Spirit to Learn Online Lectures during the Pandemic Period" as the speaker is Aulia Akhrian Syahidi, M.Kom. (Chair of the Interactive Media, Game and Mobile Technologies Research Group, Politeknik Negeri Banjarmasin).  View Video.

In playing a game, the motivational factor in playing the game has a very important role in the continuity of the game mission to be completed. This study aims to report the results of player pattern recognition and the level of player motivation in a game that has been built called Ghost Traditional Game. The game instills elements of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with desktop-based Decision Tree and Finite State Machine types, consisting of ten levels with categories of ease and difficulty that have been arranged in such a way at the Game Design stage. The method used was a matching player pattern detection which was recorded using log data and motivation questionnaire technique. View Article.

The IMGM Research Group has successfully held a webinar sharing session on the results of research on Mobile Augmented Reality and the Extreme Programming Method on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, which was attended by around 25 participants from Politeknik Negeri Banjarmasin, Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, Universitas Islam Kalimantan MAB, and Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa Yogyakarta. The reception of the participants was very good and they want to continue the webinars of other research results.

The event that raised the topic of: Research Results on the Application of Mobile Augmented Reality (M-AR) Technology and Software Development Methods for Agile Development, Type Extreme Programming (XP). Will be held on August 18, 2020. Come on, join.

This study proposes AR-assisted learning media with the method of 3D Based Tracking and audio Marker, which is used by preschool children to recognize animals and fruits in English alphabetically, then analyze, evaluate, and know the effects on their use. The Extreme Programming (XP) method is used as an application development method. Application testing is done by black box testing, testing variations between distance, angle, lighting, background, and font size of the marker, and AR-Child response time to the detection of markers by the camera for the appearance of virtual objects. View Article.

An Augmented Reality Workshop was held on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 15:00 - 17:00 which was attended by 45 participants from high school students of equal level, students, and lecturers both from Politeknik Negeri Banjarmasin and outside South Kalimantan. View Video.

On Thursday, June 3, 2020 IAII's WEBINAR activity was held with the speaker Aulia Akhrian Syahidi, M.Kom. (Chair of the IMGM Research Group), there were 1034 registered participants and they were very enthusiastic. The moderator in the WEBINAR was Dr. Eva Handriyantini, S.Kom., M.MT. (Head of STIKI Malang). The response from the IAII board was that at WEBINAR this time with the highest number of participants, structured material was brought in, and was the current technological trend.   View Video

This research is a preliminary study that will be used to develop applications/systems/interactive media/games that will support the operation of the problem-posing learning model automatically in the upcoming basic programming class.  Read more.

This study aims to develop and implement an application called AUTOC-AR that functions to help and facilitate students in learning automotive engineering skills in vocational schools and supporting safety in the workplace.  Read more.

On December 4, 2019 the Internal Competition of the Student Creativity Program in the Politeknik Negeri Banjarmasin (POLIBAN) Multimedia Room was held, including the IMGM Research Group Team took part in the competition and won 2nd Place in PKM-M by proposing the Game-KiBah application innovation to become the main topic, Game -KiBah is a game about introducing the history of Prince Samudera (Sultan Suriansyah) by combining the genre of adventure and action, the interactions offered such as guessing words, behavior, challenges by blocking the water hyacinth, and others that show Banjarmasin's local wisdom environment.

On November 25, 2019, which took place at the Mulawarman University Rectorate, a National Seminar was held in the framework of TECHNO FEST 2019 at the Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Science, Mulawarman University, East Kalimantan, Samarinda. On that occasion Aulia Akhrian Syahidi, S.Pd., M.Kom. (Chair of the IMGM Research Group) was given an invitation as a speaker on the topic of Augmented and Virtual Reality in the Internet of Things: Trends and Challenges. The event was opened by Dr. H. Fahrul Agus, M.T. (Vice Dean of Academic, Student, and Alumni), all participants were very enthusiastic in participating in the national seminar, due to the current technological trend towards AR, VR, and IoT.

The routine meetings of the IMGM research group are held every Friday at 14.00 - 17.00. Activities include training in making applications, presentations, data collection, discussions, etc., which are attended by all members of the research group and guided directly by the chair of the IMGM Research Group.