Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Meet with the big players from oil companies

Join Dan Lejerskar at IO 09, the 5th International Conference on Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry, Trondheim, Norway, 29-30, where he will deliver a keynote speech on the subject "Solutions for improved safety and environment" Meet with the big players from oil companies, suppliers, research laboratories and universities around the world. Get the latest trends, and research on highlight aspects of the technologies such as industrial gaming applications for IO in the oil and gas industry.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Dan Lejerskar CV, Co-Founder and Chairman of EON Reality Inc.

“Dan has been a great partner in helping us innovate experiential
marketing to always stay a few steps ahead of the
competition. His vision for “what could be” is only surpassed
by his drive to “make it happen.”
Steve Haro, Director, Brand Marketing, Boeing Commercial

“Dan is riveting with details of trends in 3D/Virtual Reality/
Augmented Reality and more. Not only is his excitement and
energy contagious, his vision for the future it is quite compelling ”

Marly Bergerud, President, Strategic Alliance Solutions

“Dan’s speeches are visually exciting, intellectually stimulating,
and applicable to a broad range of attendees. His
speech at the Annual ISR 2009 Research Forum served as a
springboard for future collaborations between our organizations”  

Debra A. Brodbeck, Technical Relations, University of California, Irvine  

“ Dan is an excellent speaker who really engages the crowd
with his stories and his entrepreneurial experience”
Mohan Belani, E 27, Infocomm LIVE! Singapore


• Dan Lejerskar is currently Co-Founder and Chairman of EON Reality, the world’s leading interactive three- dimensional (3D) visual content management and Reality software provider.
• President of PFAB, a real-estate development company.
• Founder and President of Prosolvia AB, a publicly traded simulation company organically grown to over 600 employees with 14 offices and annual sales of US$60M.
• Founder and President of RealityBUY Inc, an e-commerce company focused on interactive 3D, which was organically grown to 50 people.
• Previously the Manager for the Ariane 5 European Space Project.
• Dan holds a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and M.Sc. in Computer Science from Chalmers University
"After 23 years in the business it’s exiting to see the enormous technology advances within Interactive digital media and virtual reality that now finally are benefiting areas such as energy, health, education and green technology. The advance in computer interaction, immersion and multi user virtual worlds during the last 12 months is by far exceeding the last ten years evolution. Large fortune 500 companies like Exxon Boeing, GE , Atlas Copco, have capitalized on this revolution by increasing their sales and reducing their cost for training and maintenance. By 2011 the new VR solutions will have significant impact in most of our daily lives."" I simply can’t wait to see that happen", says Dan Lejerskar.

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Interview with Dan Lejerskar, Chairman of EON Reality

FREE 3D Models
http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0008939.html
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/money/abox/article_1287471.php
Friday, May 4, 2007
EON Reality Inc., an Irvine-based firm developing 3D software technology, recently showed EON Human, a fascinating software technology which takes a single photograph and automatically creates a virtual 3D face, at the Intel Developer Forum. The technology allows photo-realistic, virtual avatars to be created almost immediately from a picture. The product is just one of a very broad set of 3D software the firm offers, ranging from software for simulating products, to technology licensed through Microsoft's IP Ventures group. We spoke with Dan Lejeskar, Chairman of Eon Reality, about the firm's technology, how it is being used for creating interactive 3D environments, as well as more about the company's EON Human product. social TECH's Ben Kuo conducted the interview.

For those who aren't familiar with EON Reality, what does your company software do?

Dan Lejerskar: Basically, what we do as a company, is we bring products to life. We create the ability for products to be interactive and 3D, where you can see them, and try them without having a product physically in front of you. This capability is predominately for sales and marketing, but can also be used for training, support, and maintenance.

Who uses the software, and who are your customers?

Dan Lejerskar: There are two markets for us--the traditional market for us where we have our predominant revenue streams from today, and new exciting markets in the consumer area for the future. If you look at where our present revenue comes from, it is from companies that have complex products, and where you need to see, try, and demonstrate big ticket items. That is focused on aerospace, defense, industrial, and medical.

How is this different from CAD, and what's special about your technology?

Dan Lejerskar: The key is, if you compare us with CAD, is that you have a highly realistic experience. It's almost like a photo realistic experience--it's not animation, it's a real time interactive experience, where the product behaves like a real product. For example, if you're looking at a printer, you can push a button, and it will respond like a real printer. It's a simulation of a real product. In CAD, you only get a wire frame or shaded version, or at most an animated version of the product. The second part, is not only do we have the physics, but we can handle publishing of this environment in everything from an Internet environment to a high level experience such as a holographic or immersive display. You can hold a product as if it really does exist.

I see that you have some licensed technology from Microsoft, what can you tell us about that relationship?

Dan Lejerskar: At EON Reality, part of our mantra is to create it once, and publish it many times. When I was referring to holographic screens earlier, I was talking about the range of screens you can publish to. One of them is a small-sized product, called touchlight, which was originally developed at Microsoft to allow you to manipulate objects in a 2D environment with your bare hands. The inventor is a gentleman named Andy Wilson, and Andy had developed this for 2D, but hadn't found a good home for this at Microsoft. They contact us, because we work in 3D, and it made full sense to have this in 3D so you can grab an object. We merged their technology with ours in 3D, and created EON Touchlight. That product we launched last year, and has been very successful. I do need to underline that although that's a very successful product, it's just one of a dozen different display technologies that we utilize.

Tell me a little bit about these new consumer products you mention?

Dan Lejerskar: Historically, we have not had consumer products, and if you look at our revenues you can see very little from the area. However, recently we have secured some interesting projects within what I would call rich media publishing -- content we use in the high end, but for the Internet. As part of this, under an umbrella we call EON Experience, we create high quality interactive 3D experiences online. We launched the first part of a project we have been working on for the last 2 years last week, EON Human. EON Human allows you to take a single picture of a person, and convert that into a 3D model of that person's head, which is very detailed--70,000 to 80,000 polygons. If you are familiar with Second Life and avatars, in most cases you don't look like the person you are, and it's not easy to create a user-generated 3D model. EON Human is the first step to doing that.

Is this available to anyone, or is this going to show up through licensing?

Dan Lejerskar: A week and a half ago we launched it with Intel at the Intel Development Forum, with their Ultra Mobile PC. Intel was trying to find a hot button for the product. Obviously, with a ultra mobile PC you can do much more because of the computing power, but how will you benefit from that power? They though that the ability to create a 3D photo in 80 seconds would be a hot button for the product, and we've gotten tremendous feedback from that. Our strategy is of course to license it. We have significant interest from the OEMs for Intel, to install a version of EON Human to help sell 10 million units in the next 18-30 months. The other opportunity is more interesting, and we're talking with some of the suppliers, such as the SK Telecoms and MySpaces of the world, to create a richer experience in their environments for socializing. For example, scanning a face in would be free, but allowing for beautification and creating talking heads for a fee.

How much processing power is required to use your software?

Dan Lejerskar: The core technology is equivalent, whether you work on a laptop or a large powerful computer. Everything runs on a laptop today, but you can also publish to a much higher end environment. That's part of the uniqueness. Five to seven years ago, there were products on the web, and there was high end technology, but you couldn't really communicate with each other. You couldn't create it once, and publish it many times. Boeing, for example, will want to use a 3D model at a tradeshow, on a laptop for sales people, and also on the web.

That's interesting, thanks for telling us about your technology. It seems like there's a lot of interest now in 3D.
Dan Lejerskar: "I've been in eighteen years in this industry, and have gone through ups and downs, and right now it's almost like a 3D tsunami. It's the reverse of what people used to experience--four years ago, we had to evangelize 3D, but now, we have people coming to us because they want it. I don't know why people are craving the 3D experience now, but they are"

posted on Friday, May 4, 2007

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Eon reality Videos

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=eon+reality&search=Search



Eon Reality Touchlight
01:43
Touchlight is a technology that Eon Reality licensed from Microsoft that permits gesture based control of EON's 3D visualizations. More info at www.HumanProductivityLab.com
Tags:3D Virtual Reality VirtualReality Touchlight Microsoft HPL HCI touch EON EONReality
Added: 8 months ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: HSL
Views: 6,917

12 ratings

Engine Assembly
01:02
Here EON Reality shows off by providing a fun way to ensure learning to visually identify each part of a device for various equipment. Using EON Professionals new physics engine it is possible to assemble and disassemble any 3D assembly.
Tags:Eon Reality software Manufacture educational configuration instructional assembly
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 317

EON Holographic I
02:43
This is a holographic display that provided floating 3D images in space combined with real objects often defined as mixed reality or augmented reality.
Tags:Holographic Image Augmented reality Star trek Immersive Display Virtual Mixed Reality
Added: 4 months ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 6,672

3 ratings

3D Interactive Digital Constortium
04:07
NVIDA, MicroSoft, Christie Digital, HP and EON Reality create a consortium for the creation of Interactive 3D, Virtual Reality and Visual PLM
Tags:Virtual Reality 3D Interactive Holographic
Added: 5 months ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: seano1299
Views: 468

2 ratings

Virtual Anatomy Study
01:33
Studying the brain or anatomy is much more interesting and fun using the 3D interactive applications designed with EON Professional. Tour and interact with parts of the human body or brain for greater understanding and retention.
Tags:EON Reality Software Virtual Science Medical 3D display Anatomy study
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 276

Lufthansa Aircraft
01:31
The aerospace market benefits significantly from EON's photorealistic interactive applications. The business aviation community can by using EON based applications better communicate design concepts and various layout options. Special featu The aerospace market benefits significantly from EON's photorealistic interactive applications. The business aviation community can by using EON based applications better communicate design concepts and various layout options. Special features, options and functionality can easily be visualized on demand and market and financial risks can be drastically reduced. A potential buyer can design his/her own interior and exterior pre-the-purchase and configure the plane of their dreams. ( more ) ( less )
Tags:Aircraft EON Reality software aviation design walk-through virtual tours
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 238

Portuguese Castle
01:01
Take a virtual tour of this real Portuguese town and walk around the town and make sure to take a visit on the hill. Courtesy of: SIQuant and INESC-ID were responsible for developing the application development and Caixa D'Imagens was respo Take a virtual tour of this real Portuguese town and walk around the town and make sure to take a visit on the hill. Courtesy of: SIQuant and INESC-ID were responsible for developing the application development and Caixa D'Imagens was responsible for creating the 3D models. The Serra de Estrella Virtual Reality System(SRV-SE) consists on an innovative and dynamic project that results from the collaboration of several entities, using the highest and most recent 3D and Virtual Reality Technologies. The system was developed for Seia Municipality to be part of the Interpretation Centre(CISE) of this important natural area. SRV-SE is an important example of the usage of geographical information and virtual reality technologies in the development of modern tourist applicaitons. Virtual Reality is a technology capable of bypass several limitations that characterize other information means by deluding the senses through a group of sensations like vision, hearing and movement, carrying the person inside a virtual "world, space". ( more ) ( less )
Tags:EON Reality software Virtual tourism
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 32

The Solar System
01:27
See all the planets in our solar system and fly inside a comet.
Tags:EON Reality Software Virtual Science 3D planets comets astronomy
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 645

Lexmark
00:58
Lexmark selected EON technology to develop a pilot sales force application that shorten the sales cycle and improve customer satisfaction.
Traditionally our sales force has to bring the products to the customers location in order to demonst Lexmark selected EON technology to develop a pilot sales force application that shorten the sales cycle and improve customer satisfaction.
Traditionally our sales force has to bring the products to the customers location in order to demonstrate key features & product benefits. This is a difficult and time-consuming task especially for our larger printers. With EON's technology we are now able to conduct a sales demonstration, painlessly and quickly just by digitally demonstrating the product on a laptop. It is like having the product in front of the customer and our best sales person on the side to provide guidance. Sales representatives can provide a consistent and compelling sales presentation and cover more prospects in the same time. This leads to shorter sales cycles and increase sales," said Paul R. Wilson Corporate Director and Global e-Business Manager at Lexmark International. ( more ) ( less )
Tags:Interactive 3D Printer Demonstration Configuration Internet Digital products EON Reality
Added: 3 months ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 188

King Tut's tomb
00:43
Imagine having the ability to go anywhere in the world. EON immerses you into King Tut's Tomb! This Museum is chock full of multimedia enabling interactivity through self navigation or a virtual tour, enhancing the experience with rich colo Imagine having the ability to go anywhere in the world. EON immerses you into King Tut's Tomb! This Museum is chock full of multimedia enabling interactivity through self navigation or a virtual tour, enhancing the experience with rich colors and metallic detail. Warm glows and soft shadows flow on the walls and floors, add realistic reflections and you are there! Let EON help you deliver your viewers the world! ( more ) ( less )
Tags:EON Reality software Culture Museum presentations marketing virtual tour
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 72

Photorealistic interactive applications
01:02
EON provides scalable and affordable simulation and training for the defense industry and homeland security by combining the EONs leading interactive 3D software products with validated solutions from experienced defense partners.
Tags:EON Reality software Defense Military
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 63

Museum
00:38
Imagine having the ability to go anywhere in the world. EON immerses you into a virtual museum! Created for a Canadian Museum, one version of this 'trip to the past' is chock full of multimedia enabling interactivity through self navigation Imagine having the ability to go anywhere in the world. EON immerses you into a virtual museum! Created for a Canadian Museum, one version of this 'trip to the past' is chock full of multimedia enabling interactivity through self navigation or a virtual tour, enhancing the experience with rich colors and metallic detail. Warm glows and soft shadows flow on the walls and floors, add realistic reflections and you are there! Let EON help you deliver your viewers the world! ( more ) ( less )
Tags:Virtual tour EON Reality software self navigation interactive museums
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 19

Interactive Medical Human
00:48
Based on the successful implementation of EON's medical sales application, we can increase your sales and create a compelling and informative customer experience. The primary purpose of the interactive sales solution is to provide an effect Based on the successful implementation of EON's medical sales application, we can increase your sales and create a compelling and informative customer experience. The primary purpose of the interactive sales solution is to provide an effective sales assistant. EON's award winning Sales Assistant tool is providing sales personnel with a consistent approach, better product knowledge and understanding and higher closing performance. With the visual configuration and demonstration features they can better articulate the genuine value of the product. ( more ) ( less )
Tags:Science EON Reality software Medical presentations sales assistant
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 117

Bechtel Virtual Airport
01:05
Airport with people walking around showing a new design of a new not yet built airport.

Courtesy of: Bechtel
Tags:EON Reality software Architecture Airport Virtual Tour
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 55

Boat
02:09
Take a guided tour of this boat built by the Swedish Marine about one century ago.
Tags:EON Reality software Virtual tour boat marine
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 21

EON Touchlight
00:22
EON Touchlight is a new revolutionary bare-hand 3D interaction virtual reality display system.
Tags:Interactive 3D Virtual Reality Holographic Immersive Displays
Added: 4 months ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 1,431

Interactive Italian Room
00:30
EON's new technology and fact-based interactive Product Content Management strategy is driving higher value and some surprising results for many furniture manufacturers and retail players. Using EON's solution retailers and manufacturers ha EON's new technology and fact-based interactive Product Content Management strategy is driving higher value and some surprising results for many furniture manufacturers and retail players. Using EON's solution retailers and manufacturers have been able to increase sales per sq ft, show all products not available in store and reduce inventory cost.
Interact and see the room in three different designs and lights. ( more ) ( less )
Tags:EON Reality software Architecture Virtual Tour 3D interactive
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 55

Korean Museum
00:53
The primary purpose of EON's Cultural Heritage VR applications is to provide effective, capitvating and memorable visual presentation experiences. You don't even have to visit the real museum, just go online and take a virtural tour in thei The primary purpose of EON's Cultural Heritage VR applications is to provide effective, capitvating and memorable visual presentation experiences. You don't even have to visit the real museum, just go online and take a virtural tour in theis Korean Museum. ( more ) ( less )
Tags:EON Reality software Culture Museum presentations marketing virtual tour
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 22

Taiwanese Students
01:36
The primary purpose of EON's Cultural Heritage VR applications is to provide effective, captivating and memorable visual presentation experiences.
Tags:EON Reality software Architecture Virtual Tour 3D interactive Culture
Added: 4 weeks ago in Category: Entertainment
From: EonReality
Views: 6

EON Touchlight - Minority Report
01:43
Very Cool Technology. Looks like Minority Report is already a reality
Tags:displays minority report 3d Interactive floating technology
Added: 7 months ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: djc998
Views: 13,568

Framgång kräver mod och lyhördhet

När Chalmersska Ingenjörsföreningen kallade, ställde två av näringslivets ”hetaste” ledare upp.

http://www.chalmers.se/HyperText/MagasinChalmers/Magasin298/dahlen.html

Den ene är chef för ett av landets mest dominerande koncerner, den andre för ett av de snabbast växande företagen i sitt slag i världen.
Det fanns likheter. Men också skillnader.

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Det blev ett möte med två av börsvärldens mest omskrivna koncernchefer: Leif Johansson, Volvo, och Dan Lejerskär, Prosolvia. Båda var väl skickade att tala under rubriken ”Entreprenörskap, innovationer, internationellt företagande.” Båda var dessutom chalmerister och påfallande stolta över att ha blivit inbjudna till seminariet.
Kanske kom Prosolvias koncernchef Dan Lejerskär det diffusa begreppet ”entreprenörskap” närmast när han utbrast:
- Man måste ha mod att våga. Möjligheterna finns ofta mitt i svårigheterna. Och när man väl är etablerad gäller det att springa fort så att konkurrenterna inte hinner jaga ifatt en.


Offensiv satsning
Gustaf Dalén-salen var fylld till sista plats när Chalmersska Ingenjörsföreningen arrangerade sitt årliga seminarium - i åminnelse av Gustaf Dalén. Johansson och Lejerskär uppehöll sig kring framgångsfaktorer och svårigheter med industriella satsningar. Trots yttre skillnader mellan företagen fanns en rad likheter mellan talarna. Offensiv satsning var till exempel nyckelbegrepp hos båda:
- Volvo kommer att fortsätta satsningen på Östeuropa och USA, var Volvochefens budskap. Den blir helt avgörande för framtiden.
- Prosolvia är visserligen en börsraket, men företaget är inte självgående. För att fortsätta vara bäst i världen krävs hårt arbete.
Lyhördhet gentemot kunderna betonades:
- Våra vägvisare är kunderna, som Lejerskär uttryckte det.
- Volvos vidare framgång ligger i att vi bygger vidare på våra kärnvärden: säkerhet, kvalitet och miljö.

Städa och integrera
Vikten av entusiasm och kunskap (på alla plan) framhölls av båda. Under Leif Johanssons år vid Facit och Electrolux fick han vara med om att både ”städa” i företag (halva personalstyrkan vid Facit-fabriken avskedades), och ”integrera” (Electrolux köp av olika företag). Om det sistnämnda sa han - och åhörarna hade alla de avbrutna fusionsplanerna med Renault i åtanke:
- Två av tre förvärv gick bra. Ett av fem ångrade vi. I hög grad är förvärv svåra. Man köper ett väl fungerande företag, och huvuddelen av tiden ägnar man åt att förstöra det.
Idag ägnar sig Volvo åt att, ur den fragmentariska organisation som växte fram under 80-talet, hitta tillbaka till kärnvärdena.
- Inga affärsområden ska läggas till, inga ska skäras bort, sa Johansson.
De närmaste årens tillväxt väntas ske huvudsakligen utanför landets gränser. Den sedvanliga frågan om huvudkontoret kommer att återfinnas på Hisingen också i framtiden besvarade göteborgaren Leif Johansson:
- Volvo blir kvar på Hisingen. Vi ska inte ägna krafter åt att flytta runt företaget, vi ska ägna krafterna åt att bygga bilar.
Leif Johansson erkände att han som M-elev vid Chalmers inte var den allra flitigaste. Den sviktande studielusten som student delade han med Dan Lejerskär som för bara tolv år sedan gick ut från V på Chalmers utan att ha några särskilda planer. Idag, som koncernansvarig för göteborgsbaserade Prosolvia, kan han se tillbaka på en raketkarriär. Prosolvia har på tiotalet år gått från nära nog ingenting till att idag vara världsledande inom ”interaktiv visuell simulering”, dvs framtagning av programvaror inom en lång rad områden.

Virtuella miljöer
Efter en kompletterande datakurs arbetade Lejerskär en tid som konsult åt Volvo. Det var då han fick idén att i datamiljö skapa konstgjorda - virtuella - miljöer där bilar snabbt kunde få ny utrustning (byta färg eller förvandlas till cabriolet) med bara ett tryck på musen. Tekniken har en obegränsad mängd användningsområden. Krocktester till exempel - som i alla tider ”kostat” riktiga bilar - utförs nu på skärm. Inför en operation kan kirurgen träna ingreppet under realistiska former - på datorn.
- Genom att vi kan visa på alternativa lösningar i en virtuell miljö sparar vi mycket pengar åt företagen, förklarade Lejerskär, som berättade att ingen trodde på dem när de drog igång företaget.
- Vi fick skapa en helt ny marknad.

Stor arbetslust
1992-1993 lossnade det på allvar. De senare åren har företaget haft en årlig ökningstakt av otroliga hundra procent. Prosolvia - som börsintroducerades i fjol - har idag runt 400 anställda och finns på alla viktiga marknader över hela världen. Utvecklingen i branschen är minst sagt enorm: 60 procent per år. Det ställer krav på entreprenörerna från Göteborg: Båda ”entreprenörerna” Leif Johansson och Dan Lejerskär hade mycket av det som de pläderade för under kvällen: stort engagemang och kunnande, stor arbetslust, stark tro på den egna förmågan och personalens.
Kvällen avslutades med presentation av Innovationscentrum och Entreprenörsskolan, och när man bröt upp kunde medlemmarna i föreningen (som fyllde 90 i fjol) se tillbaka på en minnesvärd kväll. Säkert fick en och annan med sig något värdefullt råd - ett av syftena med Dalén-seminariet.


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30 Jahre GRIS - Ein Fachgebiet, ein Jubilaeum und jede Menge Innovationen

30 Jahre GRIS - Ein Fachgebiet, ein Jubilaeum und jede Menge Innovationen
Grosser Veranstaltungstag in Darmstadt: Fachgebiet Graphisch-Interaktive Systeme
wird 30 / ZGDV und EON Reality Inc. gruenden Interactive Digital Center (IDC) / INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung weiht Rohbau ein

http://www.pressebox.com/pressemeldungen/boxid-36646.html


(pressebox) Darmstadt, 20.06.2005 - Der Gedanke an den 30. Geburtstag erfuellt manch jungen Menschen mit Schrecken. Ganz anders der 30. Geburtstag des Fachgebiets Graphisch-Interaktive Systeme (GRIS) der TU Darmstadt: Am 10. Juni 2005 feierten rund 300 Gaeste gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. José L. Encarnacao, dem Gruender und heutigen Leiter des Fachgebiets GRIS, das 30-jaehrige Jubilaeum jenes Fachgebiets, das seit 1975 erfolgreich Lehre und Forschung miteinander verbindet. Renommierte Vertreter aus Industrie, Wirtschaft, Politik und Wissenschaft, darunter viele ehemalige Mitarbeiter des Fachgebiets, trafen sich am Freitag im Darmstaedter Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung, um diesen Tag mit einer Reihe spannender Veranstaltungen zu begehen.

Schon am Vormittag legten Dr. Bernd Kehrer, Geschaeftsfuehrer des Zentrums fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung ZGDV, und Dan Lejerskar, Executive Vice President der EON Reality Inc., mit Unterzeichnung einer Rahmenvereinbarung zwischen ZGDV und dem US-amerikanischen Unternehmen den Grundstein fuer das neue Interactive Digital Center (IDC). Das deutsch-amerikanische Joint Venture mit Sitz in Darmstadt wird kuenftig Unternehmen in Deutschland und Westeuropa kommerzielle Integrated Product Content Management (IPCM) Services anbieten.

Einen ersten Hoehepunkt erreichte das Fest zur Mittagszeit: Im Rahmen der Feierlichkeiten, die insgesamt bereits zum 6. Mal stattfanden, wurde in einer Richtfest-Zeremonie der Rohbau des neuen Gebaeudes der INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung eingeweiht, jener Stiftung, die ebenso wie das Fachgebiet GRIS und das INI-GraphicsNet von Prof. Encarnacao selbst aus der Taufe gehoben wurde. Neben ihm sprachen bei der Zeremonie auch der Architekt des Gebaeudes, Dietmar Opitz, sowie Darmstadts Buergermeister Wolfgang Glenz und Prof. Dr. Hanns H. Seidler, der Kanzler der Technischen Universitaet Darmstadt. Eine Zeitraffer-Projektion zeigte den Zuschauern noch einmal den rasanten Baufortschritt, den das Gebaeude seit der Grundsteinlegung im Oktober letzten Jahres machte. Der Richtspruch des Poliers rundete die gelungene Zeremonie ab.

Als Highlight am Nachmittag zeigte das Symposium "Quo vadis Computergraphik?" die Visionen, Trends und Herausforderungen in der Graphischen Datenverarbeitung. Begruesst wurden die Teilnehmer im gut besuchten Hoersaal des Fraunhofer IGD zunaechst von Prof. Dr. Johann-Dietrich Woerner, Praesident der Technischen Universitaet Darmstadt, dem Dekan des Fachbereichs Informatik, Prof Dr. Alejandro Buchmann, sowie Prof. Dr. Dietmar Saupe von der Gesellschaft fuer Informatik und
schliesslich von Prof. Dr. José L. Encarnacao selbst. Im Anschluss an die Grussworte erwartete die Zuhoerer eine Reihe interessanter Vortraege: Neben Prof. Dr. Marc Alexa von der Technischen Universitaet Darmstadt und Prof. Dr. Reinhard Klein von der Universitaet Bonn referierten auch Prof. Dr. Markus Gross vom Computer Graphics Laboratory der ETH Zuerich, der in seinem Vortrag "Realzeit Simulation fuer Computerspiele" ueber die naturgetreue Verhaltensdarstellung von animierten Objekten berichtete, sowie Stephen J. Svenson von der Ocean State Technology Corporation in Providence, USA, der unter dem Titel „Serious Gaming - Ernsthaftes Spielen“ ueber „Computerspieltechnologien und -techniken nicht nur fuer Entertainment-Anwendungen“ sprach.

"Lehrreich und interessant", so urteilte ein begeisterter Teilnehmer ueber die Veranstaltung. "Die Vortraege waren informativ und unterhaltsam. Beim naechsten Symposium werde ich auf jeden Fall wieder dabei sein!"

Am Abend konnten sich die Besucher dann bei gutem Essen und Musik ueber das zuvor Gehoerte austauschen, die neusten Trends und Entwicklungen in der Computergraphik diskutieren, Wissen weitergegeben und neue Kontakte knuepfen. So endete der rundum gelungene Tag fuer alle Teilnehmer in einer gemuetlichen Runde.

Weitere Informationen zu GRIS gibt es im Internet unter:

http://www.gris.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/...


Contact person:

Herr Prof. Dr. Marc Alexa
e-mail: Marc.Alexa@gris.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de
Phone: 06151 / 155-674
Fax: 06151 / 155-669
field of activity: Fachgebiet Graphisch-Interaktive Systeme der TU Darmstadt


Herr Dr. Rolf Lindner
e-mail: Rolf.Lindner@gris.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de
Phone: 06151 / 155-125
Fax: 06151 / 155-669
field of activity: Fachgebiet Graphisch-Interaktive Systeme der TU Darmstadt



About INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung:
Kurzprofil INI-GraphicsNet
Das internationale Netzwerk der Graphischen Datenverarbeitung (INI-GraphicsNet) besteht aus dem Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD, dem Zentrum für Graphische Datenverarbeitung (ZGDV) e.V., beide in Darmstadt und Rostock, und dem Fachgebiet Graphisch-Interaktive Systeme (GRIS) der Technischen Universität Darmstadt. Weitere Institutionen des Netzwerkes sind das Fraunhofer-Anwendungszentrum für Computergraphik in Chemie und Pharmazie (AGC) in Frankfurt, das Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics (CRCG) in Providence, Rhode Island (USA), das Centre for Advanced Media Technology (CAMTech) in Singapur, das Centro de Computação Gráfica (CCG) in Guimarães (Portugal), das Centre for Visual Interaction and Communication Technologies (VICOMTech) in San Sebastian (Spanien), das Institute for New Media Technology (NEMETech) in Seoul (Süd-Korea) und das Center for Advanced Computer Graphics Technologies (GRAPHITech) in Trento (Italien). Innerhalb des Netzverbundes sind an den neun Standorten über 300 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter sowie rund 560 wissenschaftliche Hilfskräfte beschäftigt. Bei einem Haushalt von über 41 Millionen Euro bildet das INI-GraphicsNet weltweit den größten Forschungsverbund auf dem Gebiet der Graphischen Datenverarbeitung.

Mitglieder des INI-GraphicsNet

* TU Darmstadt, Fachbereich Informatik, Fachgebiet Graphisch-Interaktive Systeme
* Zentrum fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung; Darmstadt, Rostock
* Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung; Darmstadt, Rostock
* Centro de Computacao Grafica; Guimaraes, Portugal
* Centre for Advanced Media Technology; Singapur
* Centre for Graphics and Media Technology, Singapur
* Centre for Visual Interaction and Communication Technologies; San Sebastian, Spanien
* Institute for Graphic Interfaces; Seoul, Sued-Korea
* Center for Advanced Computer Graphics Technologies; Trento, Italien
* imedia - The ICPNM Academy; Providence, Rhode Island, USA
* Omaha Graphics and Media Laboratory (OGM); Omaha, Nebraska, USA

The two co-founders of Eon Reality

The two co-founders of Eon Reality
Profiles of Dan Lejerskar and Mats W. Johansson
By COLIN STEWART
The Orange County Register
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/money/innovation/article_1288014.php

DAN LEJERSKAR

Chairman and executive vice president for sales, Eon Reality

Age: 44 years

Born: Romania

Lives: Cowan Heights

Education: Master's degrees in mechanical engineering and computer science, Chalmers Technical University, Sweden.

Experience:

Chairman of Eon Reality since 2000.
Founder and president, interactive 3-D e-commerce company RealityBUY in Irvine, 1999-2003.
Founder and president, 550-employee publicly traded computer-simulation company Prosolvia in Sweden, 1987-98.
Founder and president, PFAB real estate development company in Sweden, 1985-92.
Design manager at Volvo Aero, 1985-87 – led design of main exhaust nozzle for Ariane 5 rocket.
Family: Married, two sons.

Favorite work-related book: "The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology" by Ray Kurzweil ("a very positive view of technology's role for the future of human beings.")

Favorite book for pleasure: "Eon" by Greg Bear ("an interesting view of humanity's future and obviously a very good title")

Favorite movie: "Gladiator" (2000) ("combines history and a very interesting interpretation of the era.")

Hobbies: Painting ("the capability of capturing a moment.")

Hero:Leonardo da Vinci ("for his unique capability of inventing illustrated drawings, his boundless curiosity.")

Quote: "Let's do it!"