About me
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Virtual Reality
My name is Sébastien Kuntz (aka ‘cb’ or ‘CbWan’). I’m currently living in Paris, France.
I’m an independant consultant / developper in VR.
I have worked at Virtools / Dassault Systèmes with David Nahon, as the lead Virtual Reality engineer for four years.
I have also worked several years on a VR Engine and VR Simulators with a high level of interactivity at SNCF (french railways), with Philippe David.
In real life I enjoy photography, sport (climbing, street hockey, freefall.. ), going to concerts and way too much other things.
My goal is to provide the most immersive experiences in VR to everyone, which means trying to find the cheapest way to have a great immersion.
Of course I’ll also talk about the big systems, but nowadays we can get some interesting systems for “cheap”, even though not yet for everyone’s wallet.
You can write to me on my email, which is located on top of the calendar on the left.
About this blog
In this blog you’ll find information related to (immersive) Virtual Reality and how it is *really* used , Augmented Reality, immersive environments, 3d interaction, and stuff for geeks.
You should start by reading The State of VR series of article which are an up-to-date introduction to what people are doing with VR.
What is VR ?
Virtual Reality is an art, which aims at fooling your brain into thinking he’s into a virtual environment, generally a computer generated 3d world, with which you can interact. Virtual Reality needs immersion, (natural) interaction, and real-time response (which in my book rules out Quicktime VR and SecondLife, but maybe we should switch to Immersive Virtual Reality.). If all conditions are met, ultimately you get an impressive sense of presence through body engagement.
You can find a more complete article on Wikipedia.
In a SAS3
The Simurat simulator (with Philippe David)
In La Geode with David Nahon
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Hi There
Im interested in more details about the Omni directional treadmill you posted on Youtube…. where is it? is it commercially available? …further, I do see some drift. is this something that you are working wirh? ..also some questions about interfacing
cheers
Oshri
Comment by Oshri — Friday, 17 August 2007 @ 11:08
Good Day Sébastien!
I too, am interested in the Omni directional treadmill as well as the practical application of your work in our industry.
Thanks for your time.
Barry
Comment by Barry Williams — Sunday, 9 September 2007 @ 17:17
Hi
I want to thank you about this blog..It is very useful
I am studying VR in MMU in Malysia..I dont have any idea about my future job..Can you give me an example of work fields..I mean that when I can work after graduation..
Thank you
Comment by Thulfiqar — Wednesday, 3 December 2008 @ 5:21
Hi,
thank you for your nice words =)
For a list of the different applications your could start by reading this article : http://cb.nowan.net/blog/state-of-vr/
Then you can also create your own field, there is a lot to be created!
Then it also depends on wether you want to be on the low level programming side, or the 3D modelling side, or the experience creation (high level scriptig).
Anyway, do what you like, happiness will follow =)
Let me know about your decision and maybe see you one day in Malaysia !
cheers
Comment by cb — Saturday, 6 December 2008 @ 23:27
Hi, your site is one of the few truly informative HMD sites on the net, thanks for your efforts.
Have you come across the VR1440? It appears to be a succesor to the VR920 for consumer use, but information is scarce.
Comment by Neil — Monday, 5 October 2009 @ 11:37
Hi Neil,
I have never heard of this HMD but I sure hope it has more resolution and FOV =)
Let me know if you find more information !
Comment by cb — Monday, 5 October 2009 @ 11:55