Linowes J. - Unity Virtual Reality Projects

Jonathan Linowes is the owner of Parkerhill Reality Labs, a start-up VR/AR consultancy firm. He is a veritable VR and 3D graphics enthusiast, full-stack web developer, software engineer, successful entrepreneur, and teacher. He has a fine arts degree from Syracuse University and a master's degree from the MIT Media Lab. He has founded several successful start-ups and held technical leadership positions at major corporations, including Autodesk Inc.

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Krystian Babilinski began working with Unity and Blender when he was in middle school. Since high school, he and his brother, Adrian, taught via Google's Helpouts service. Through teaching, he exposed himself to a new assortment of problem sets, which he then experienced firsthand. Slowly, he began getting involved in large-scale projects and freelance work. With a growing portfolio and knowledge of Unity 3D along with platform optimizations, he and his brother started their own creative firm in 2014. They began developing assets for Unity's Asset Store and worked for larger clients, such as The Hasley Group and Beach Consulting. These successes wouldn't have been possible without their loyal customers.

Arindam Ashim Bose , as of 2015, is pursuing his master's degree in computer science at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. He is interested in computer graphics, virtual and augmented reality, and game development.

He was born in Mumbai and has been fascinated by computers and technology, especially computer games, since a very young age. He would spend countless hours during his vacations and weekends playing games and tinkering with them to modify them. It was this habit of tinkering and modding that got him into computer programming.

He is currently trying to break into the games industry as a programmer while pursing his master's degree.

Rongkai Guo is an assistant professor in the department of computer software engineering and game design and development at Kennesaw State University. His research interests are serious gaming, computer/mobile gaming, and virtual reality (VR). He has been conducting research on a VR for rehabilitation project for more than 4 years. He has conducted his first basic research study, IN THE WORLD, which formally investigated how VR impacts persons with mobility impairments.

Arun Kulshreshth is a researcher in the department of computer science at the University of Central Florida. His research interests include 3D user interfaces, human-computer interactions (HCI), games, and virtual reality. He received his master of technology (an integrated 5-year program) in mathematics and computing from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 2005. He received a master of science in computer science in 2012 and a PhD in computer science in 2015 from the University of Central Florida.

He is the author of several publications that are related to his research work pertaining to utilizing 3D user interface technologies (such as stereoscopic 3D, head tracking, gestural interfaces, and so on) for video games. He is a professional member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In the past, he has conducted research at several international locations, including Spain, Denmark, and USA. One of his papers was awarded an honorable-mention award in a leading HCI conference (CHI 2014). In 2014, his name was featured in a Reuters article, and one of his projects was featured on Discovery News.

Robin de Lange is a researcher, lecturer, and entrepreneur with a focus on virtual reality and education.

Robin has an MSc degree in media technology from Leiden University and a bachelor's degree in physics and philosophy from the same university. He conducts part-time PhD research at the media technology research group of Leiden University under the supervision of Dr. Bas Haring. For his research, he is exploring the potential of augmented and virtual reality to understand and solve complex problems. Part of this research is an elective course, where Robin leads a group of students to create virtual reality prototypes for the field of education.

Besides his academic career, Robin has started many different initiatives. He is the director of a homework guidance company and the founder of Lyceo CodeWeken, a unique program for high-school students that teaches how to code.

Samuel Mosley is a game designer. He studied programming and game design at the University of Texas in Dallas. Showing an interest in both programming and games, he hopes to play an important role in both fields. He is currently working as a game designer for Bohemia Interactive Simulations.

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