Wolfang Walcher | studio anyhttps://studioany-test.netlify.app/authors/wolfang-walcher/Wolfang WalcherWowchemy (https://wowchemy.com)en-usMon, 04 Jun 2018 18:00:00 +0000https://studioany-test.netlify.app/media/icon_hu4964246c05a61ea2dde1a8350b549fed_585_512x512_fill_lanczos_center_3.pngWolfang Walcherhttps://studioany-test.netlify.app/authors/wolfang-walcher/IAM Open Lecture 25: The Sixth Wave of Computing, or why Augmented Reality is not just for Architectshttps://studioany-test.netlify.app/curation/ol/ol-25/Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:00:00 +0000https://studioany-test.netlify.app/curation/ol/ol-25/ <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/299001337" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="vimeo video" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <p><strong>Wolfgang Walcher</strong> graduated from TU Graz (applied mathematics and PhD in computer science). He spent most his career in the US, working on and leading commercial and government remote sensing projects. Working with the founders of Google Earth, Sketchup he approached Microsoft about 3D mapping. He spent the next 10 years at Microsoft, holding principal-level positions, in areas like Bing maps, the production of 3D cities and the HoloLens project. After returning to Austria, he founded “Robotic Eyes”, a software house for engineering-grade Augmented Reality (AR) solutions. The company received funding from the European Space Agency incubator program (ESA-BIC) and has entered strategic partnerships with Autodesk, Microsoft and Google. Robotic Eyes provides the AR-platform REX, as well as consulting services and custom solution development to global enterprises. The combined revenue of these customers is over 200 Billion US dollars per year.</p> <!-- IAM Open Lecture #25 Wolfang Walcher The Sixth Wave of Computing, or why Augmented Reality is not just for Architects 18:00 Monday June 4 2018 IAM Media Lab, Kronesgasse 5/III Event poster https://iam.tugraz.at/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/OL25_Walcher.pdf Original post: https://iam.tugraz.at/2018/06/ol_walcher/ -->