#26 PTC Reality Lab Director Valentin Heun
Episode description
Valentin Heun is a VP of Innovation Engineering at PTC where he is leading the PTC Reality Lab. His research focuses on new computer interaction methods for the physical space. His work was named by Fast Company as Boldest Ideas in User Interface Design, and has received global recognition.
Powerful ideas are hidden in simple implementations
00’40”: Valentin Heun background and his experience in the MIT Media Lab
02’40”: Graphic design as a human perception problem
05’05”: The potential of Augmented Reality through spatial learning
06’30”: What are the origins of the ptc reality lab?
08’15”: What were the first few projects the ptc reality lab worked on?
11’00”: AR is not a second world on top of the existing one.
12’20”: Technology changes the physical world around us.
14’45”: Using AR to guide a robot spatially instead of through a screen
16’25”: PTC’s Expert capture product
17’25”: The reality zone
18’40”: Combining AR with IOT to create value
19’50”: Understanding and interpreting data with AR
21’20”: Societal concepts and technological infrastructure are holding AR back from entering the world
28’15”: The concept of contextual computing in order to serve the relevant AR experience
30’20”: Contacting the ptc reality lab for potential collaborations
Notes:
Videos of ptc reality lab:
https://www.ptc.com/en/about/reality-lab
Chark fink convergence:
https://finkmetaverse.com/product/convrgence-papeback/
Contact the ptc reality lab team: