{"id":285,"date":"2006-12-17T17:37:31","date_gmt":"2006-12-17T16:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/about-me\/"},"modified":"2018-01-27T22:12:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T21:12:49","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_grtgaz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1954\" src=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_grtgaz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_grtgaz.jpg 400w, http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_grtgaz-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_grtgaz-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kuntz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ftncuqewhsybhvcgjnfq zhsuhszkruhyfpmaybxp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/img\/webpromo\/btn_viewmy_120x33.gif\" alt=\"View S\u00c3\u00a9bastien Kuntz's profile on LinkedIn\" width=\"120\" height=\"33\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My name is S\u00c3\u00a9bastien Kuntz. I live in Paris, France.<\/p>\n<p>( for the curious ones, Kuntz is short for Conrad, old German for &#8220;judicious advice&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Do I like VR?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I started working in VR in 2001.<\/li>\n<li>I am the founder of <a style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.middlevr.com\">MiddleVR<\/a> (formerly &#8221; i&#8217;m in VR &#8220;, a company focusing on Virtual Reality services and tools, such as <a style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imin-vr.com\/middlevr-for-unity\">MiddleVR SDK (for Unity)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I have worked four years on a VR Engine and two VR training simulators with a high level of interactivity (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-research.org\/IMG\/pdf\/435.pdf\">FIACRE<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uic.org\/cdrom\/2006\/wcrr2006\/pdf\/335.pdf\">SIMURAT<\/a>) at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recherche.sncf.fr\/uk\/uk_index.html\">SNCF<\/a> (french railways), with Philippe David. Both simulators won a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laval-virtual.org\/?p=52&amp;l=en\">Laval Virtual Award<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I have worked at <a style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.virtools.com\/\">Virtools<\/a> \/ <a style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.3ds.com\">Dassault Syst\u00c3\u00a8mes<\/a> with <a style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\" href=\"http:\/\/david.cyber-nahon.net\/\">David Nahon<\/a>, as the lead <a style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.virtools.com\/solutions\/products\/virtools_vrpack.asp\">Virtual Reality<\/a> engineer for four years.<\/li>\n<li>I have created the <a style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vrgeeks.org\/\">VR Geeks association<\/a>, which aims at creating cheap VR experiences.<\/li>\n<li>I was a <a style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\" href=\"https:\/\/pedagogie.ec-nantes.fr\/blogafrv\/index.php\/informations-afrv\/composition-du-ca\/\">board member<\/a> of the <a style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afrv.fr\/\">French national VR association AFRV<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I have been teaching introductory VR classes at\u00c2\u00a0engineering schools and at the\u00c2\u00a0 game designers schools.<\/li>\n<li>In 2010 I have co-chaired <a style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\" href=\"http:\/\/conferences.computer.org\/3dui\/3dui2010\/cfp\/contest.html\">the first 3D User Interfaces (3DUI) Grand Prize<\/a> (see <a style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\" href=\"http:\/\/conferences.computer.org\/3dui\/3dui2010\/cfp\/contest.html\">the results<\/a>, the <a style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computer.org\/portal\/web\/csdl\/doi\/10.1109\/MCG.2010.108\">CG&amp;A coverage<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Major Conferences \/ Academics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; SVVR 2015: <a title=\"Multi-user Professional Applications for VR\" href=\"http:\/\/vrexpo.com\/sessions\/multi-user-professional-applications-for-vr\/\">Multi-user Professional Applications for VR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; IEEE VR 2015: Panels: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ieeevr.org\/2015\/index7c87.html?q=node\/31#Panel2_Resurgence\">What&#8217;s new in VR?<\/a>&#8221; , &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ieeevr.org\/2015\/index7c87.html?q=node\/31#Panel4_Where_is_VR\">Where is VR consumer market heading at?<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Oculus Connect 2014 (#OC1): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.middlevr.com\/resources\/why-is-vr-useful\/\">Professional VR applications<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; IEEE VR 2014: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.searis.net\/index.php5\/Workshop_2014\">SEARIS Workshop Keynote<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ieeevr.org\/2013\/\">IEEE VR 2013<\/a>: Panel: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextgeninteractions.com\/the-future-of-consumer-virtual-reality-panel-with-industry-experts\/\">The Future of Consumer Virtual Reality<\/a>&#8221; (with Jason Jerald, Palmer Luckey, David A. Smith and Amir Rubin),<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/graphics.science.uoit.ca\/vrst2012\/Welcome.html\">VRST 2012<\/a>: Keynote: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/12\/vrst-2012-keynote-improving-the-vr-experience\/\">Improving the VR experience, from the authors to the users<\/a>&#8220;,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"jvrc12.fi.upm.es\/\">JVRC 2012<\/a>: Panel &#8220;Game Engines vs. VR APIs: Pros and Cons for VR Application Development&#8221; (with Carolina Cruz-Neira, Dirk Reiners, Perdo Morilla and Roland Blach),<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; IEEE VR 2012: Paper at the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.computer.org\/vr\/2012\/prog-workshops.html\">Off-the shelf VR workshop<\/a>&#8220;: &#8220;Low-cost and home-made immersive systems: For home or for work&#8221;, with <a href=\"http:\/\/janoc.rd-h.com\/\">Jan Ciger<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Committee member VRIC 2010 &#8211; Displays of the near future,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/wp-admin\/3DUI%202010%20Contest%20Grand%20Prize%20Winners\">IEEE CG&amp;A 2010<\/a> article: <a href=\"3DUI 2010 Contest Grand Prize Winners\">3DUI 2010 Contest Grand Prize Winners,<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; I have also organized workshops at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeesafrv-afig2011.estia.fr\/home-afrv2011.htm\">AFRV 2011<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/afrv09.inrialpes.fr\/\">AFRV 2009<\/a> conferences concerning VR democratization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Personnal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In real life I enjoy photography, sport (horse riding, climbing, street hockey, freefall.. ), going to concerts and way too much other things.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is VR ? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/a-definition-of-vr\/\">my definition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_palmer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1952\" src=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_palmer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_palmer.jpg 640w, http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_palmer-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With <strong>John Carmack, CTO of Oculus<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_carmack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1953\" src=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_carmack-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_carmack.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_carmack-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/data\/2018\/01\/cb_carmack-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2001 &#8211; The Simurat simulator<\/strong> (with Philippe David)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/images\/cb_work2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>In <a href=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/2007\/03\/31\/the-pyramid-and-the-biggest-vr-screen\/\">La Geode<\/a> with David Nahon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/images\/vr_team.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is S\u00c3\u00a9bastien Kuntz. I live in Paris, France. ( for the curious ones, Kuntz is short for Conrad, old German for &#8220;judicious advice&#8221;) Do I like VR? I started working in VR in 2001. 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