From Photogrammetry to Virtual Reality with Simon Che de Boer Ep 18

Simon Che de Boer is a renowned virtual reality content creator and photogrammetrist. He is the founder of realityvirtual.co – a visual effects technology company streamlining real-world encapsulation. His work has received international recognition and has been featured on places such as Forbes, NVIDIA, Autodesk and Epic Games, and is often cited as the gold standard for photo-realistic digital-twin experiences.

Simon’s real-world encapsulation uses 3D photographic datasets to create ‘being there’ sensations for real-time VFX applications. Building on successful projects to digitise sites of cultural significance, including King Tutankhamun and Nefertari’s Tomb in Egypt, Simon explains how volumetric capture – the discipline of capturing moving 3D content (think holograms) – will enable people and businesses to produce and share immersive experiences.

Highlights of the Episode:

00:00 - Introduction
00:47 - Introduction of the guest
01:50 - Background of Simon Che de Boer
03:39 - What lead Simon to his career
07:19 - Tools to start in photogrammetry 
10:54- Downloadable photogrammetry experience
13:40 - How many pictures to scan one painting
15:39 - Collecting data to teach AI to make the process easier
19:20 - Projects being used in the main program
21:27 - What to focus on the new technique
31:41 - Bringing it back to texture projection
34:15 - Recovering lost data
35:30 - Being mass accessible in the near future
39:29 - Thoughts on NFT’s and the Meta-verse
42:09 - How the Pandemic affected experiencing the world
44:49 - Early pandemic days in New Zealand
48:34 - Thoughts on Unreal Engine and Unity for Virtual Production
50:29 - Not having any prior experience
52:51 - A crowdsource solution
57:20 - Using VR to show the cost of war
1:02:30- Outro

Quotes:

“You don’t really know what you’ve lost until it’s gone.”
“If you’re De-Lighting photogrammetry, it’s way better to De-Light at the source of projection”
“I know it’s not the status quo, most parties kind of came into this classically trained. But for me, it’s been a journey.”

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-che-de-boer-2a49386a/
Website: http://www.realityvirtual.co/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonChedeBoer

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