Virtual Reality – Koen Vogel

Dutch Design Week Demonstrator – BlueGreen Roofs VR

Design, Research, Unity, Virtual Reality, XR

Blue-Green roofs (BGR), which combine traditional Green roofs with water management systems, have the potential to provide a range of benefits, including improved stormwater management, reduced urban heat island effect, and enhanced biodiversity. However, the implementation of BGR can be costly and complex, particularly when retrofitting existing buildings. This project aims to develop a modular […]

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VR Art Experience – Clouded

Unity, Virtual Reality, XR

As a freelancer, I collaborated with UNI_VERSE studio to consult and develop on the VR steam experience CLOUDED. This Unity-based VR experience was originally created by Vincent Boon and Enzo Soubra, and will be published to steam on 14 April. The experience was selected for the Dutch Film Festival in the category Digital Culture. This

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VR – KLM Catering Training Simulation

Blender, Game Design, Unity, UX, Virtual Reality, XR

KCS is an in-flight catering company, mainly for KLM, which has a factory line to assemble the food trays. The KCS Breakdown stimulator teaches maintenance employees to recognize and solve breakdowns in a virtual version of the factory, without needing to shut down the physical production line. The recreated factory environment in Virtual Reality, allows

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Publishing a EU-funded Unity Asset – VR to Tablet

EU, Research, Unity, Virtual Reality, XR

Funded by the EU’s XR4ALL programme, we created a Unity plugin to help developers and fill a gap in the market. Together with PlaygroundVR and VRowl, we published this asset to enable cross-platform XR and mobile applications. With the help of a 50k grant from the EU. Description: This Unity3D plugin makes your VR applications

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Publication – VR4VRT

Research, Rowing, Thesis, Virtual Reality, XR

After completing my Bachelor Thesis, the reserach topic was continued by several bachelor students, expanding on the original design, and covering several more research questions. This lead to the completion of a joint paper, in which Robby van Delden summarized our work, in particular the recent additions by Sascha Bergsma. The abstract is as follows;

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Research – Bachelor Thesis

Research, Rowing, Thesis, Unity, University of Twente, Virtual Reality, XR

In the concluding half-year of my bachelor study Creative Technology, I challenged myself to a new topic, rowing, with the research question “How can Virtual Reality improve the current state of indoor rowing?”. I applied my skills in game development, human-computer interaction, and Virtual Reality in the creation of a prototype which stimulates rowers to

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