Oliver Kreylos
Researcher at UC Davis
Davis, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolOliver Kreylos is a researcher and software engineer with 17 years of experience designing and integrating software and hardware for immersive scientific visualization—he describes his work succinctly as building "Holodecks." Based at UC Davis since 2003, he combines a Ph.D. in Computer Science with hands-on development of VR environments that enable complex data exploration. His expertise spans low-level hardware integration, custom visualization software, and experimental user interfaces for scientific applications. Known for bridging rigorous academic research with practical engineering, he often tackles unusual integration challenges that turn lab prototypes into reliable research tools. Based in Davis, California, he brings a long-term commitment to advancing immersive visualization methods that reveal insights not visible in traditional displays.
17 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of California, DavisMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
English, German
Github Skills (35)
simulation10
visualization10
virtual-reality10
imaging10
kinect10
3d10
video-capture10
cpp10
lidar10
3d-camera10
point-cloud10
augmented-reality9
water8
topography8
steamvr7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Doc-Ok/Vrui
Jun 2018 - Apr 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
KeckCAVES/SARndbox
Aug 2012 - Dec 2018
Augmented reality application scanning a sand surface using a Kinect 3D camera, and projecting a real- time updated topography map with topographic contour lines, hillshading, and an optional real-time water flow simulation back onto the sand surface using a calibrated projector
Contributions:29 commits in 6 years 5 months
3d-cameraaugmented-realitykinectsimulation
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