Dennis Ippel

"Welcome to a new world of beauty. Get started by choosing from 4 easy to follow, step by step tutorials that every gal should master. You are going to look beautiful! We'll use augmented reality to carefully guide you through each step, showing you exactly how and what to do. Take your time and follow along. Shop additional pattern tutorials. We're adding new full looks, face, eye and lip looks all the time. You will find distinct makeup tutorials to match your style."

Kontoure is an Ohio, US-based startup specializing in beauty tech. I built an Android prototype for them to explore various face tracking APIs, an iOS app that was published to the App Store, and a web-based CMS. The app uses augmented reality as an instructive aid for makeup application.

Smart Tutor is an intelligent, immersive learning platform developed with artificial intelligence (AI) and mixed reality (MR) technologies. Smart Tutor empowers users to improve social interaction and communication skills through focused, immersive practice with real-time feedback.

I took care of the multi-player networking part that enabled virtual class and conference rooms. Technologies used were Unity and Photon.

The NSHOF Experience is be an 19,350-square foot segment of the NSHOF that honors the past while fully incorporating modern technology of the present and future including virtual reality, gesture technology, and interactive digital video boards throughout to celebrate the players, veterans, and builders of American soccer that have elevated the sport to where it is today.

I was responsible for a virtual reality experience that centered around two legendary goalkeepers that played for team USA: Tim Howard and Briana Scurry. The experience lets you make their historic saves and you can also compete with other visitors in a virtual shoot-out. Built with Unity, HTC Vive, and SteamVR.

In 2017 I first used ARKit to display converted, optimised 3D models that were downloaded at runtime from a server into an iOS app.

When Apple announced the USDZ file format I came up with a server-side solution to convert many other 3D file formats to USDZ.

More recently, I focused on content creation and workflow optimisation. Getting animated 3D content from Blender into XCode/SceneKit is not as straightforward as it should be. This exercise helped me to come up with solutions to streamline this workflow.

"John Lewis' Oxford Street flaghip store has dressed its shop windows for the festive season along the theme of Buster's tale, and are making passers-by stop, smile and take a few snaps.

This year, however, John Lewis has added an extra element to the fun with a virtual reality zone where you can experience being right in the middle of Buster's garden.

Using a headset, you step on a real trampoline and have the chance to pet foxes and honey badgers as they come along for a bounce."

I took care of inserting the user into a take away video using a Kinect. The user is detected and isolated from the background and merged into the virtual surroundings. The video is then uploaded and a share link is generated and printed out.

FX Star allows users to create their own music videos, lip-syncing along to their favorite tracks, and adding a splash of glamour or comedy to their performances with fun filters such as Apple Head, Teddy Boys, Party Paint, Comic Book, Solar System, Glam Rock, or Flower Power.

The app launched in the App Store and Google Play with three tracks: Zara Larsson’s "Lush Life," Sigala’s "Give Me Your Love," and Birdy’s "Wild Horses."

The best videos to be submitted by the general public each week will then be selected to air on TV during The X Factor ad breaks.

I wrote native Android and iOS plugins for Unity3D for video capturing and processing.

Dara Technologies develops books that enable children to interact with stories in ways never before imagined. Thanks to their app, children become the storytellers of their own adventure by interacting with 3D characters that appear on its pages.

At several points in the book, decisions can be made that influence the story, unlocking different adventures in the app. For example, you can choose what era you visit, what inventions you make, or what objects you take with you on your journey. All these decisions are made by interacting with the animated 3D characters and objects that magically pop out of the pages of the book when you hover your mobile device over its pages.

We modeled the 3D characters, rigged them, animated them, and built the augmented reality app for iOS and Android.

Nissan IDx is a virtual reality experience that brings the concept of Nissan co-creating cars with a younger audience to life. This is the first 3D experience for a global brand to debut the Oculus Rift HD.

Rajawali is an open-source 3D framework for Android, based on OpenGL ES 2.0. It can be used for normal apps as well as live wallpapers.

25,000 runners make it count in London. Powered by Nike+, runners hit the streets of London for the most interactive British 10K the city has ever seen.

Users could get their Twitter message on the world’s longest fan scarf. They had the chance to have it knitted for real into a meter of world-record-breaking scarf. I created the 3D version of this using Flash, ActionScript, and Pixel Bender. The project was quite challenging because of the limitation of these technologies. I managed to get it highly optimized using a variety of optimization techniques.

• Bilkent Mobile Days, Ankara, Turkey, Mobile Augmented Reality, 04/2014
• AnDevCon, San Francisco, USA, Rajawali: Easy 3D for Android, 11/2013
• AnDevCon, San Francisco, USA, Workshop: Augmented Reality + 3D: The Easy Way, 11/2013
• DroidCon, London, United Kingdom, 3D on Android: Open Source Workflow, 10/2013
• Android Developer Days, Ankara, Turkey, Running Amok with Rajawali for Android, 06/2013
• LFPUG, London, United Kingdom, Running Amok with Rajawali for Android, 03/2012
• FITC, Toronto, Canada, Exploring the Kinect, 05/2011
• FFK11, Cologne, Germany, Exploring the Kinect, 04/2011
• LFPUG, London, United Kingdom, Exploring the Kinect, 03/2011
• gotoAndSki(), Stechelberg, Switzerland, Exploring the Kinect, 01/2011
• Siggraph, Los Angeles, USA, WebGL in an Ad Agency, 08/2010
• LFPUG, London, United Kingdom, Flash 3D Workflow, 01/2010
• Fronteers, Utrecht, The Netherlands, The HTML5 Element, 10/2007

OpenGL ES 1.1 -based 3D framework for Android. I mainly focused on file importers and animation. Part of a team of two developers.

Python exporter script. Creates JavaScript files that contain 3D object geometry that can be dynamically loaded using JSON.

Python exporter script. Creates ActionScript classes containing 3D object geometry that can be embedded in Flash projects.

3D Engine for Flash using ActionScript 3.0. Developed 3D file importers and created, designed, and modeled demos as a part of a team of developers.