Arrival at thyssenkrupp

On February 12, we took the train from Munich to Essen to attend the Beyond Conventions at Thyssenkrupp.

Arriving early, we got right to work testing the demos and creating a screen capture of the application right on the spot to present a representative demonstration of our potential solution.

You don’t realize the size of the Thyssenkrupp site until you’re there. The story behind is also fascinating. If you want to know more about it, you can read on the company website or on Wikipedia how the group and the families behind it have managed to make the company grow so much.

Beyond Conventions Event

Our presentations at various corporates went very well. The demos with the VR glasses and the Microsoft Hololens were also very well received. Nevertheless, we didn’t expect to make it to the finalists among so many applicants, especially since many of the startups were there with entire teams. So we packed up and slowly prepared for the announcement of the winners and for the departure.

We got the pitch!

Shortly before we were about to go to the participants to say goodbye, the name COEZBAY sounded through the speakers and it looked like our presentation had found the approval of more people than initially thought.

We won the pitch at Open Grid Europe GmbH for the Augmented Reality Supports Pipeline Construction challenge and shortly after we were called again to accept the award as one of the top 3 startups, which was a great honor considering the high number of participants.

First stress tests

Back in Munich, we immediately started to work on the demo we had been working on and equipped it with larger CAD data in order to expand the stress test and to make good use of the time until the negotiations. An excerpt from the demo can be found directly below.

We are growing!

In the meantime, a friend of ours just joined our team, Frederik Steinmetz, with whom we had already worked in the past. Having not worked in augmented and virtual reality before, he got an entertaining introduction to it in the home office.

Immediately afterwards, we also started a small hackathon among friends.

Off to Gescher

And soon we were off to Gescher, to our new customer, Open Grid Europe GmbH, where we tested our solution on site, geodata-supported and under almost real circumstances.

Actually, we had reserved a small car for the journey. But due to the lack of vehicles, we got an upgrade to a slightly larger vehicle. At this point a big thank you to Sixt.

Hotel und letzte Tests

Before that, of course, we did some tests in the hotel, for which the hotel room and hotel foyer at the late hour was downright offered. This must have looked funny for the employees as well as for the visitors of the hotel.

Gescher Sightseeing

After completing the tasks, we used the time for some sightseeing and visited the bell museum, for which Gescher is famous among other things.

Finale Präsentation

Die Phase 1 unseres MVP’s (Minimum Viable Product) war abgeschlossen und die finale Präsentation verlief zufriedenstellend.

Through the cooperation with Open Grid Europe GmbH, we have learned a lot. Starting with the planning, to the implementation, to the presentation to larger corporations. At the corporate level, many things are handled differently than with startups and medium-sized businesses.

We hope to continue our cooperation in the future and would like to express our sincere thanks to the competent team at Open Grid Europe GmbH.

For data protection reasons, we have refrained from mentioning various names outside COEZBAY GMBH in this article.

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In the coming months, it will be our task to press ahead with further expansion and to complete projects. We are also planning to expand our team. We are still looking for sales experts to accompany us on our way.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported us and look forward to the next adventures together.

We also took this opportunity to adapt the corporate design a bit and created an intro video for the company website.

And for the contact area we were inspired by the first aerial view of our company. Just check the contact area on the company page or have a look here.

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Due to deadlines we unfortunately made it very late to the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE this year. Nevertheless we were able to meet some good old friends.

Here are some pictures with our friends at the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE 2019

Bela Beier is editor-in-chief of Digital Production and has been the editorial head of the magazine for many years.

Gottfried Hofmann is a friend and Blender user since version 2.50 Alpha 0. He stumbled upon this amazing program when he learned that it is capable of smoke simulations. Shortly afterwards he started to create tutorials about smoke simulation, which turned out to be very popular. As a result he decided to create his own tutorial page with Frederik Steinmetz: Blender Diplom.

Mike Kuhn’s specialties are 3ds Max, extremely colorful Hawaiian shirts, training on all kinds of 3D topics and an encyclopedic knowledge of the entire 3dsMax ecosystem. Furthermore, he is a good friend with whom we enjoy meeting and exchanging ideas.

Nils Calles, also a longtime friend, runs a media agency in Mannheim, where he produces trailers, motion graphics, image films, tutorials and 36O degree websites.

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It was a special pleasure for us to be able to participate in this event. Together we should support LGBT+tech communities much more.

So here are a few impressions from the Unicorns in Tech Event.

A little more input:

Speaking Unicorns in Tech has given us the opportunity to get feedback from people from a wide range of industries and fields. So we met many new friends and were able to see further perspectives. Furthermore, it was interesting to get feedback from people outside the industry. On the basis of this feedback we are optimizing our HR (Human Resources) to become even more accessible to the general public.

Special thanks to the teams of Unicorns in Tech and Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE).

The Unicorns in Tech network is an international LGBT+ tech community.
To be precise, a network founded by the UHLALA Group. Since 2014, they have grown into a large community of more than 3400 unicorns who are passionate about technology and its latest trends.

The Unicorns in Tech network is an international LGBT+ tech community.
To be precise, a network founded by the UHLALA Group. Since 2014, they have grown into a large community of more than 3400 unicorns who are passionate about technology and its latest trends.Companies and partners organize similar events throughout Germany every month. The primary seat of the network is located in Berlin.

The SCE, as the Entrepreneurship Center of the Munich University of Applied Sciences, promotes innovation and entrepreneurship through interactive educational offerings, start-up support and networking activities. The goal is to motivate and enable personalities to think and act entrepreneurially and thus contribute to a future worth living.

We had a lot of fun and could take a lot with us. We would like to thank all participants who attended the lectures at Unicorns in Tech and look forward to the future exchange.

Last but not least:

Everyone who walks through our door is welcome regardless, of their gender, sexual orientation, race, health, religion, age or disability.

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At this point we can only recommend everyone to visit as many trade shows as possible. Here are a few reasons:

Escaping the office

Boredom and dissatisfaction can be fatal. So, escaping the wall-facing desk in favour of stretching your legs and heading down to an exhibition is a matter of curiosity.

Networking

The old adage, “It’s not what you know, but who you know” is truer than ever today.
Exhibitions provide many opportunities to connect with the local and global industry community, allowing you to meet like-minded individuals and subsequently, leverage the best contacts – this is invaluable in today’s competitive market.
Not only will you meet them in both a professional and social environment but, you’ll also get to break down those awkward barriers around networking etiquette which will allow you to comfortably mix business and pleasure.

Learning, knowledge and trends

Depending on the sector you’re working in, exhibitions can be a great place to polish up your industry skills and find out about the latest innovations and trends. These events often afford the opportunity to listen to insightful keynotes and absorb the wisdom of thought-leaders and innovators.
They also give a good indication of where things are headed and you can get a chance to learn as much as possible.

Physical interaction

Exhibitions are great interactive environments. They are full of live demonstrations and new products that give you the opportunity to examine, handle, compare, see, smell, experience and test-drive.
In this fully immersive environment, you can become one with your chosen field.

Creative engagement

Creative engagement at an art exhibition may be a given, but even at trade shows exhibitors often pull out all the stops in order to immerse visitors in a visceral experience.
Beautifully crafted pop up stands, innovative technology and impressive engineering all equate to a thought-provoking creative experience that will inspire you, or just leave you feeling warm and fuzzy.

Negotiations

Sales is generally at the forefront of the exhibitor’s mind and so, here’s your opportunity to buy, negotiate and sell.
That human touch, those charming bartering techniques and those upfront payments are irresistible to the average exhibitor… and visitors know this. There isn’t much obvious room for you to exercise your negotiation skills online so discounts at your favourite exhibition are a very real possibility.

Direct access to the big players

Research further suggests that one-third of visitors are looking for new suppliers. Opportunity is ripe! As is expert advice on specific commercial challenges.
Forget trawling through web sources, forums and social media profiles – casual approaches and face-to-face appointments with key suppliers are fair game and a perfect way to ask questions. It’s also a perfect chance to build bridges with the powerful players.

Competition

Hundreds of thousands of businesses market themselves at exhibitions every year. So, if you’re a visiting competitor, sizing up the other fish in your pond and scouting enemy positions is an integral part of the exhibition. If you’re simply interested in the market, you can neutrally observe and make informed comparisons.

Job hunting

If you’re keen for a new challenge or are just a bit fed up with your everyday work routine, you’ve probably been to a job fair. We’ve all seen the types that wear jeans and t-shirts to work, travel to the office on a scooter, play Games in their lunch break and have access to a ready supply of deliciously unhealthy snacks. Surely it’s only fair that you get a slice of that pizza? Exhibitions give you the chance to window-shop to your heart’s content, sampling what’s on offer in the world of business.

We are really very thankful for everyone we got to know during this time. Especially the people from the big companies who brought us close to the different industries. And you know who is meant here. In the meantime many of our friends have changed positions or even companies, so that from now on we will be remembered more via the common social media platforms and conventional telephoning. Of course we are always happy when one of you picks up the phone and calls through. Just let us hear from you again if we appear in your memory.

COEZBAY says THANK YOU for the last couple of years full of traveling, fun, knowledge, exchange and Rock & Roll!

Thank you all and on to the next adventures!

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Talks:

Traugott Emrich – Photogrammetry for VR for beginners

360° video technology is impressive. It lacks the ability to move physically in the virtual world. Photogrammetry gives us the possibility to visualize real places in 3D. For instance to visualize an office or to digitalize a warehouse. In other words, you can create an image of reality.

What is Photogrammetry?
Photogrammetry is a group of measuring and evaluation methods. Remote sensing to determine the spatial position or 3d shape of an object from photographs and precise measurement images.

Traugott Emrich https://www.aerofotografie.de/ gives an overview of the right entry into this exciting technology and how to achieve amazing results with a manageable budget.

COEZBAY GMBH – KanDao Obsidian 360 Camera – HandsOn

Cagatay Oezbay, https://www.coezbay.com founder of COEZBAY GMBH and consultant in the areas of Virtual-Reality and Real-Time Applications, will demonstrate the latest camera for stereoscopic 360-degree shots.

A standard 360 video is just a flat equirectangular video. Displayed on a sphere you can look around inside. Think of it like the face of a world map on a globe, but with VR your head is on the inside of the globe looking at the inner surface. As you move, the head tracking on your device moves with you, giving you that feeling like you are inside the scene.

However Stereoscopic 3D can add another level of immersion by adding depth data between the foreground and background. Your favorite 3D blockbuster movies usually shot with 2 lenses side by side. This way, each eye gets a different angle of view when watching. Like any production, this can look strange if poorly implemented, or absolutely amazing if done right.

With stereoscopic 3D in VR, that depth information has to be overlaid and mapped to sphere. Because of parallax between cameras, this can be challenging. Any minor flaws or “stitch seams” in the footage are magnified in 3D, and sometimes anomalies occur in different places per eye – which makes it uncomfortable to watch. Therefore Cagatay Oezbay will and can show you different HowTo’s to avoid the most common issues.

Clarance Dadson Design4real will bring the Samsung Odyssey Windows Mixed Reality VR Headset.

Here we go with some impressions of the VR 360 Video Meetup meets Burda Bootcamp event.

At this point it should also be mentioned that we were very impressed with the interior design of the BurdaStudios. The choice of murals was extremely creative and we also liked the impressive wooden wall right in the entrance area.

The physical well-being was also taken care of. Therefore both great sandwiches and drinks for every taste. As it is for Bavaria, good beer is also a must. Even though we personally abstained from drinking alcohol and unfortunately arrived with a full stomach.

All in all it was an extremely successful event. We especially liked the networking component. We were able to meet many old friends from the industry and got to know many new faces. Of course we are looking forward to the next event.

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Augsburg University of Applied Sciences is a German university located in Augsburg. Founded in 1971, but its institutional roots as an art academy go back to 1670. With more than 6,000 students the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences is one of the largest institutions of its kind in Bavaria.

Some points of the program list: Insights in professional drone flying, talks about 360-degree movie making, hands-on and networking at it’s finest.
The highlight: The presentation of the new KanDao Obisidian R VR camera.

Extract from the workshop

Special thanks to Julian Leupold, who organized the 360 VR Drone Workshop University of Applied Sciences Augsburg with and for us.

It was an interesting experience to hold this workshop with the students of the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg. After the young ladies and gentlemen were all from the subject, the workshop got down to business relatively quickly. For this reason, we were able to immerse ourselves in technical details and the first tests relatively quickly. We particularly enjoyed the Q & A with the professors and students. As you will notice, especially the questions from Prof. Dr. Michael Kipp. In conclusion – This showed us that there is a lot of interest in the topics. Above all very sobering and motivating, to find out, that the future of the media is partly in the hands of such motivated young people.

Julian is an Art Director Motion at Jung von Matt with a strong background in interaction design, innovative conception, interactive storytelling, motion design and film. Focused on the interface between interaction design and linear media.

We thank for the successful event and wish all participants continued success.

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History of the Playstation 3

PlayStation 3, the home video game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the successor to PlayStation 2, and is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006 in Japan, November 17, 2006 in North America, and March 23, 2007 in Europe and Australia. The PlayStation 3 competed primarily against Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Nintendo’s Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles.

The console first officially announced at E3 2005

The console first officially announced at E3 2005 and released end of 2006. It was the first console to use Blu-ray Disc as its primary storage medium. The console was the first PlayStation to integrate social gaming services, including the PlayStation Network, as well as the first to be controllable from a handheld console, through its remote connectivity with PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita. In September 2009, they’ve released the Slim model of the PlayStation 3. It no longer provided the hardware ability to run PS2 games. It was lighter and thinner than the original version, and featured a redesigned logo and marketing design, as well as a minor start-up change in software. The Super Slim variation released in late 2012 with further refining and redesigning the console.

The public received the system negatively during its early years.

The high pricing of $599 for a 60-gigabyte model and $499 for a 20 GB model hasn’t been attractive enough for the audience. Complex processor architecture, and the lack of quality games were disadvantages. But it praised for its Blu-ray capabilities. The reception would get more positive over time. The system had a slow start in the market but managed to recover, particularly after the introduction of the Slim model. They’ve released the PlayStation 4 later in November 2013. On September 29, 2015, Sony confirmed that they will stop selling the PlayStation 3 in New Zealand. After all the system remained in production in other markets. Shipments of new units to Europe and Australia ended in March 2016, followed by North America which ended in October 2016. Heading into 2017. The last production site – Japan. Until May 29 2017. And Sony finally confirms that they will cease production of the PlayStation 3 in Japan.

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Here we go with the english translation of the text:

It goes down the stairs at the back of the building, which is not the most representative entrance. No ray of daylight can get down and inside. It is only dimly lit here, a few screens are on. People whisper. A word is spoken that one would not expect in this environment: “coalition agreement”.

A cellar of a commercial unit – supermarket, fitness studio, restaurant – in Vaterstetten near Munich. 700 square meters of space. This was once the past of sports: a bowling alley. Who still bowls today? Now here is the future of the sport. Possibly. “Don’t miss the start,” says Herbert Scheuerer. He is the president and investor here, he set it all up: the Munich E-Sport Club. 40 playgrounds, a Twitch cinema (we’ll see what that is) with 60 seats. “Unique in Europe in this form,” he says.

Coalition agreement, that is the term of the hour. The CDU/CSU and SPD recently agreed to work together and set this down in a paper.

This passage was found:

“We recognize the growing importance of the e-sports landscape in Germany. Since e-sports train important skills. That are not only important in the digital world and require training and sports structures. In future we will fully recognize e-sports as a separate sport. With club and association rights and support them in creating an Olympic perspective”.

What this means is: That e-sport, the competition on the computer, console or at some point with virtual reality glasses. Will be on a par with everything that is classical sport: soccer, athletics, swimming, shooting.

What is written in the coalition agreement overturns what the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has determined. “E-sport is not a sport. But it lacks its own sport-determining motor activity and necessary organizational structure. On behalf of the German Football Association, its president Reinhard Grindel blasphemed: he called e-sports “absolute impoverishment”.

But the DOSB and DFB are not only contradicted by politics. The e-athletes, like to quote Ingo Froböse from the Sports University of Cologne. Who often talks about fitness topics on breakfast television. He says: “The heart rate is like running a marathon. The stress hormones go up like in a Formula 1 race. The eyes of a professional scans the screen at a crazy speed, plus various tactical and emotional elements”. A study by the Australian Deacon University asserts. “Playing video games improves motoric and cognitive skills and even helps against depression.”

Herbert Scheuerer is working in the IT industry since 1985. He is not a “gamer”, “I see it socio-politically: Does e-sports reach the middle of society?

From an entrepreneurial point of view, e-sports are highly interesting. For example the 15,000 tickets for the 2015 League of Legends final in Berlin’s Mercedes-Benz Arena. Were gone faster than those for the Adele concert. The fans watched on the video cube. How the teams, which are called clans, sat in the middle of the hall. At the keyboard and mouse and played against each other. The winner of “The International” in the Dota2 game earned 6.1 million euros in prize money. Only slightly less than the winner of the UEFA European League Online. The biggest e-sports event to date drew 14 million viewers to the live broadcast. Surpassing the eight million who watched the stratospheric jump by Red Bull extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner.

Twitch is the name of the platform where you can watch e-sports (hence the Twitch cinema in Vaterstetten). In fact, 16 percent of Germans have already watched a video game live or in a recording. And even more of them do it themselves: 42 percent. Of course, younger people (81 percent of 14- to 29-year-olds) are preferred. Less so the older ones. But eleven percent of those over 65 have already done so. Therefore: growth industry.

Herbert Scheuerer thinks that sports clubs should join in and set up e-sports departments. Just as Schalke 04 and VfL Wolfsburg have already done. He recently invited the 40 largest clubs in and around Munich. Starting with FC Bayern and going down to the state soccer league and the major clubs, to a workshop. It was heavy snowfall, and for some of them the date did not suit them. In any case: Only five clubs came. The Bavarians did not. “As long as Uli Hoeneß doesn’t even have an e-mail address. . ” sighs Scheuerer.

He is aware that e-sports still have an image problem. Because some games are violent (killer games). And because people think that only nerds sit in their closets and neglect their social contacts. Scheuerer counters: The shooting clubs don’t hold anyone responsible if something happens. And as for the community: e-sportsmen and women do meet in real life. To offline tournaments in his club. The e-athletes don’t need to fit into the classic club structure. Because they have already created their own scene and are doing well. The sports clubs should be careful not to miss anything.

E-sport, that is also foreseeable, will change. Away from keyboard and mouse games – towards active movement in a virtual space created by special glasses. Cagatay Oezbay is strong in this field, he has a company for virtual reality applications in the Bavaria film city. He lets you immerse yourself in a ride on the new Zugspitzbahn. He filmed it with a 360-degree camera and drone.

E-Sports of the future, actually already possible now. The player stands in a room (4 x 4 surface). His movements are analyzed (“motion tracking”), he gets VR glasses on. He can dive into a tennis, handball, basketball or – with a racket but without skates – into an ice hockey match. “You will have the feeling of being present in the scene itself.”

E-sport – the most popular games:

Surprise; The soccer simulation FIFA does not belong to the highest category.

1st level with more than 8 million active users per month. 20 million viewed hours. More than 5 million euro prize money in Germany: League of Legends, HearthStone, Counter Strike, Dota2.

2nd level (over 1.5 million users. 2 million hours 1 million prize money): Halo, Smite, Call of Duty, Overwatch, World of Tanks, Starcraft, Heroes.

3rd level (more than 500 000 users. 200 000 hours, 100 000 e): Rocket League, Super Smash Bros, Vain Glory, Crossfire, FIFA, Point Blank.

Special thanks to Herbert Scheuerer for this opportunity and Günter Klein for the contribution.

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Our goal was to introduce the audience to the technologies we use. Starting with 360 degree camera technologies, through Virtual Reality, to drones and 360 degree editing software. On the side, we immersed ourselves a bit in real-time software, which involved the common game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine.

Our presentations were very well received by the audience. There were also some big names in the industry who bombarded us with questions. Which was very good. Because this way you can evaluate if and how much interest there is from the audience and you can improve your skills and expand your own knowledge.

It was our first official cooperation with Kameraverleih Licht und Ton KLT GmbH and we were thrilled. We especially liked the available equipment at KLT. No matter what the requirements were, there was a solution for everything. If there was no solution, a suitable solution was made. What does not fit, is made to fit. This is the way it has to be.

We are looking forward to further cooperation and send our best regards.

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