Martin Kaltenbrunner
Professor For Tangible Interaction Design at University of Art and Design Linz
Linz, Upper Austria
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Top SchoolMartin Kaltenbrunner is a leading researcher and educator in tangible interaction design, heading the Tangible Music Lab and directing the Postdigital Lutherie master's program at the University of Arts Linz. His work explores Tangible User Interfaces and novel HCI concepts for open, creative production tools that fuse art and technology. As a co-founder of Reactable Systems, he helped realize the Reactable synthesizer, a landmark tangible musical instrument, and he authored the open-source reacTIVision framework and the TUIO protocol that have become standards for tangible surfaces. His career spans academic roles and industry collaboration across institutions including Linz, Weimar, Pompeu Fabra, and Media Lab Europe, reflecting a global, interdisciplinary approach. Based in Linz, Austria, his hands-on, open-ecosystem mindset integrates instrument-building with scalable engineering and research-driven practice.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl.-Ing. (FH), Dipl.-Ing. (FH) at University of Applied Sciences Upper AustriaDEA, DEA at Universitat Pompeu FabraDoctor of Engineering, Doctor of Engineering at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
German, English, Spanish, French
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Github Skills (49)
multitouch10
image-processing10
vision-framework10
tuio10
computer-vision10
samsung9
c-sharp9
raii9
reference-implementation9
mac-os9
cpp8
cpp118
midi-controller8
c-plus-plus8
cpp178
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mkalten/TUIO11_JAVA
Nov 2014 - May 2017
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 2 years 6 months
javareference-implementation
mkalten/TUIO11_NET
Nov 2014 - Apr 2017
.NET TUIO 1.1 reference implementation
Contributions:12 commits, 6 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 6 months
c-sharpcsharpdotnetreference-implementationtuio
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