André Lauzon is a producer at Cirque du Soleil Média and head of their Digital Studio. At SVVRCon, he was giving a preview of an elaborately choreographed 10-minute, 360-degree video called 'INSIDE THE BOX OF KURIOS™ - Cabinet of Curiosities...
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Dr. Martin Breidt is a research technician at the Max Plank Institute for Biological Cybernetics. His bio page says that he's part of the Cognitive Engineering group where they 'develop and use systems from Computer Vision, Computer Graphics...
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