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A close-up headshot of Tommy Ting. He has short black hair, a trimmed mustache, and is wearing a blue and white striped button-up shirt over a white undershirt. He is facing the camera with a neutral expression, against a plain tan background.

Tommy Ting

Assistant Professor
EducationMFA, Digital Futures, OCAD University; BA (Hons), Photography, London College of Communication.

Biography

Over the past nine years, Tommy Ting has worked in product management and production specializing in real-time technologies, including digital humans and virtual production at Wētā Tools - Unity Technologies, Framestore, and Electronic Arts. While at Framestore, he helped develop virtual production tools and an LED volume for 1899, a Netflix original series. His industry experience and artistic practice informs his teaching and research in emerging media technologies and queer storytelling.

  • Asian diasporic identities
  • Digital worldbuilding
  • Emerging technologies
  • Game and queer theory