Bio
Jakob is the CEO of Gleechi, the company behind the award-winning software solution Virtual Grasp that enables hand interaction in VR. Jakob has been awarded one of Sweden's smartest young entrepreneurs as well as one of Sweden's super talents, and has several years of experience from launching technology and entertainment products on the European market. Jakob has a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and has previously been working with 3D technology for over 5 years. He is the organizer of the biggest VR community in the Nordics.
Sessions
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Seeing and Using Your Hands in VR01:45 PM - 02:00 PM Oct 19Being able to see and use your hands are crucial for interactive virtual reality experiences. While there are several input controllers coming to the market there are still fundamental problems related to using your hands in VR. Regardless of what controllers are being used it is difficult to make hand interaction look natural and realistic, which causes problems for experiences where the feeling of presence is key. Gleechi has been working with artificial hand movement and interaction for 8 years within robotics research and will share their knowledge about how to enable free and natural hands in VR. Attendees will leave with real tips and tricks on how to work with hands in virtual reality. They will have concrete examples of what works and what doesn't, as well as the reasons why.