Projects

2017

KIA Rio WebGL / Apple / Android Car Configurator

Mackevision

Working at MackeVision Medien Design GmbH, we created the KIA Rio app for WebGL, iPhone / iPad, Android devices.

It features a full configurator for a the KIA Rio car with more than 30.000 configuration possibilities - all runnable in WebGL using custom optimizied shaders and greatly reduced geometry. 3 different environment with a day / night lighting setting and animations of doors, glove box and sunroof.

• Coding C# and UI design integration in Unity3D
• ShaderLab development of mega shaders using shader_features
• Creating artist friendly tools for pipeline automation
• Implementation of states / application flow for best user experience
• Implementing HDR features that even work for WebGL
• Optimized geometry and content for low download size in WebGL
• Optimized shaders and geometry for iPhone / iPad. App Store release
• Deployable on Android platforms

2016

Mackevision Realtime Solutions

Mackevision

Working at MackeVision Medien Design GmbH, we've created several visualizing products for high-end detailed visualization using the latest technologies available. As a Lead Technical Artist and Senior Realtime Developer I've been involved in the architectual design, development, refinement as well as project management.

• Shader and effect creation in Unreal Engine 4
• Professional development of business apps using Unreal engine 4
• C++, Blueprint development and editor tools and enhancements
• Developing complex and reusable dynamic camera and animation systems
• Architecture of big software applications. One core, multiple derivated projects
• Development in Angular for a tablet website communicating with the application
• Virtual reality integrations for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for plug-and-play-switch Oculus / Vive / Touchscreen
• Creation of QA processes and testing environments
• Buildserver integrations for Unreal Engine deployment processes
• Management of versioning software using PerForce, GIT and SVN for all employees
• Technical lead for employees for architectual, software concepts and creative development
• Calculations, management and disposition of task for successful delivery of clients products
• Project management using a scum based workflow using versions, components, epics
• Responsible for stability and performance of the applications for the clients
• Doing interviews
• Initial training of new employees

2015

Horror City

Made Apps

End of 2015, I've been working at Made Apps for 4 months working with the Unreal Engine 4, modelling high and low poly meshes in Maya for perfect "no-hard-egdes" baked in-game models and creating base textures using Substance Painter.

• Substance Painter: Bake high polymodels on low poly models - base texturing with texture masks
• UE4: Creating shader & materials for performance optimized decals
• Scluptris: Sclupting stone elements for high poly baking
• High and low poly modelling, UV creation for soft edges
• MEL scripting to automatize the working set export mesh hierarchy

2014 - 2015

Commander Cherry's Puzzled Journey for Kinect and PS4 Camera

Grandé Games

2014, André Noller and me started a new company (called Grandé Games) for creating our own game idea, Commander Cherry's Puzzled Journey, for Xbox One Kinect and PlayStation 4 Camera using Unity3D and FMOD® SoundSystem.

• 3d modelling and rigging characters for a 2D look in Blender
• Graphic design for the game
• Background art design and implementation
• Character animations and interactions
• Creating shader for special FX using Unity's ShaderLab language
• Programming algorithms for camera user silhouette segmentation for PS4
• Core-programming game logic in C#
• Coding native libraries in C++
• Working with FMOD® events, API and core-library
• Development and release on Xbox One platform
• Development and release on PlayStation 4 platform

2012

Vulcano ERP Suite

redhotmagma

Working at redhotmagma, creating business management software in Adobe® Flash Builder, mainly focussed on creating user interfaces for mass data display, organisation and modification.

• GUI programming in Adobe® Flash Builder
• Business logic programming
• Client-Server communications in Actionscript 3 (AIR)

2011

e.on iPad app

zeros+ones

At zeros+ones, I programmed the e.on web-special native iPad app. With animations, videos, interactive areas, this app explains the eHome package from e.on.

• Objective C native iOS app coding with Xcode
• Graphical animations using native libraries

2011

introjuice iPhone app

zeros+ones

At zeros+ones we created the introjuice iphone-app in a small team, enabling a friend-to-friend search and matching to use at conferences any type to find new partners and friends.

• Part of 2 programmers for the app working with Subversion
• Objective C native iOS app coding
• Server-client communications

2009

Thesis

My thesis about touchless gestures in 3dimensional space.

Using two infrared cameras, a depth field is calculated to get informations about the user's hand position in the room relatively to the camera's position.

In the application, the user can navigate with his hand through a flash interface to get informations about study relevant topics.

• C++ hand gesture recognition using OpenCV
• C++ socket application for hand-gesture-input-to-flash exchange
• Camera depth maps using two infrared cameras
• Hand recognition using own algorithms mixed with OpenCV
• Live content feed from university server for flash GUI
• Flash ActionScript 3 GUI design and programming

2008

Setra website relaunch

At the end of my intership at zeros+ones I programmed the Setra flash-based website frontend.

It featured backend administration and on-the-fly language switching as well as a lot of smooth classy animation and 3D bus animations.

• Creation flash website application for existing graphics design
• On-the-fly language change features
• Dynamic content via XML structures
• Dynamic modul reloading for interchangeable created content
• PHP backend server communications for customized content and interaction

2008

AMD Platforms

During my intership at zeros.ones I participated in the relaunch of AMD's new AMD Platforms campaign. My part was the programming of the subpages within animations and special effects.

• Creation flash website application for existing graphics design
• 3D content animation
• Coding base structures
• Content maintenance
• On-the-fly language change features