Valentin Heun
Co-Founder & CEO at LOOKOUT
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolValentin Heun is a founder and technology leader focused on spatial computing and the industrial metaverse, currently building Data Time Space to bring AI-powered, spatial tools to frontline operations. He led the PTC Reality Lab as VP of Innovation Engineering, productizing web-based multi-user spatial platforms and driving work in Reality Capture, SpatialAI, and real-time architectures. With a PhD and MS from the MIT Media Lab and a design Diplom from Bauhaus-University Weimar, he blends deep research, interaction design, and productization experience. Valentin also teaches and advises—guest lecturing at MIT and advising Lookout on AI-assisted marine products—demonstrating a knack for translating cross-disciplinary research into practical commercial systems. An early web developer and serial founder, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a rare combination of design sensibility and systems thinking.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Media Arts and Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Media Arts and Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMixed Media, Mixed Media at Pratt InstituteDipl. Des. (eq. Bachelor & Master of Arts combined) Visual Communication Interaction Design, Dipl. Des. (eq. Bachelor & Master of Arts combined) Visual Communication Interaction Design at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
German, English
Github Skills (61)
twitter10
toolbox10
vuforia10
spatial10
server10
javascript9
p5js9
philips-hue9
iot9
html9
vst8
kinect8
ios8
electron7
digital-humanities7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
valentinptc/wedoBoostPoweredUp
Apr 2020 - Jan 2021
simple nodejs module for Lego Wedo 2.0, Boost and PoweredUp
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 8 months
nodejs-modulelego-wedopowereduplegonodejs
valentinptc/server
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:18 pushes in 22 days
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