Roger after FYP

This is Roger here and I have just finished my FYP and presentation and it’s PARTY TIME!! Yeah, I have unofficially graduated from NYP.

Ok! Now I will now share some of my experience during FYP. I did my FYP in S.441 and I sat very near to the door and so whenever any visitor walked past our lab, I became one of the most popular “fish on exhibit”. Well you may ask why I call myself “fish on exhibit”. For those of you who didn’t know, the FYP labs are called “Fish Tank” and we FYP students are 'stuck' in it for 12 weeks to do our project.

In the beginning when I first came to the lab, I felt strange as it was the first time I use this lab. I also did not know any of the DTs but luckily a few of my friends were together with me. When I was given my FYP project, I was shocked as it was a topic which I did not studied or learned before in NYP. I was given a topic on Augmented Reality and it was sort of a R&D project. I wanted to give it up at first and request for a change of project as I thought I would not be able to take on this challenging project.

However, after going through the 12 weeks of FYP, I not only managed to finished my project on time, but also I learned a lot of different skills like C# Programming (looks like Java though), Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), and some 3D modeling skills (those in Interactive Media Specialisation would have learnt this!!). I personally think that FYP really let me learned a lot of ''out of class'' knowledge. However through my determination and discipline, I did my own research, borrowed lots of books and learnt from online tutorials. I am glad I got Augmented Reality as my FYP topic as it is a new and interesting and I learned a lot from it.

My lab mates were very supportive and friendly and we also helped each other to debug our project and in the process we became good friends and not forgetting the DTs who are very friendly and caring to us. They would always be happy to offer their help to us whenever we need it.

Last but not least, I would like to thank my supervisor, Mr. Anthony Szeto, for the help and guidance he has given me throughout the project. Thanks !

By : Roger Wong