Peter
Schickel is founder of Bitmanagement Software GmbH and leads the
company since its foundation in 2002. Prior to that he was head of
research at blaxxun interactive AG which was focused to the
development of 3D internet software. At blaxxun he was directing the
development of 3D viewer technology within 6 EC/BMBF R&D projects
and built up a network of leading European Technology Companies.
Focus of his work was on the transfer from R&D results into
commercial products, e.g. leading to winning the Digiglobe-Award for
E-Commerce of Deutsche Telecom and Focus. At the German Aerospace
Centre (DLR) in Munich, Germany and the Joint Research Centre of the
European Commission (JRC) in Milan, Italy, he was working from 1992
to 1998 on the development of graphical systems in the areas of
Virtual Reality, Remote Sensing (GIS) and GPS. He is accredited by
the Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN) for Standardization of
VRML and MPEG technologies and is member of the board of directors of
the Web3D consortium. Mr. Schickel holds a degree in Information
Science from the University of Technology Munich (TUM).
Presentation
summary
Multi-user concepts from the science-fiction novel
"Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson have become an important
factor in engineering today. The convergence of standardized 3D
community technology in combination with audio and video streaming as
well as internet technology is prevailing now with novel applications
in the consumer sectors as well as in industry. Real-time performance
and interactivity of the 3D software technology enables the
augmentation of existing products and concepts with multi-user
functionality. The presentation will cast some light on the
applications derived from BS Collaborate Server and BS Contact Viewer
products based on multi-media standards of the Web3D consortium and
Khronos consortium, e.g. VRML, X3D and Collada and their use in
modern industry. Both the possibilities of the technology as well as
concepts and examples of use in everyday production will be
presented. Bitmanagement offers interactive and real-time 3D enabling
technology based on the Standards VRML, X3D and Collada. Founded in
2002 by former employees of Blaxxun Interactive AG, Bitmanagement
develops 3D visualization software that is used world-wide in
products and concepts in the domains CAD, simulation and
presentation. Bitmanagement supports with standardized interfaces to
third party technology and project related work the integration of
the 3D technology in customer projects. More
information is available at www.bitmanagement.com