Profile

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Jochen Schmidt

 Digital Event Designer, based in  Berlin.

Studies in comparative literature,  media design and computer graphics in Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Cologne and New York.

After the realization of multimedia theatre shows,  namely with Robert Wilson and  Fabrizio Plessi, development of real-time animation applications like the virtual studio  (EU  consortium  1994),  CAVE (Coca-Cola marketing events  1995-1997),  virtual characters  (Japan, Korea,  Taiwan  1998-1999),  theme park shows  (World  Expo  2000, Bertelsmann Science Center 2001) and rich media developments.

Between 2003 and 2008 researcher, producer and consultant in the domain of digital cinema developments, mainly in cooperation with Fraunhofer Gesellschaft to establish interfaces and interactive narration models for alternative content events.

2009-2010 in the People’s Republic of China with the EU-China Management Exchange Training Program METP, including workshops in Chinese language and business education at UIBE Beijing and CEIBS Shanghai, and market research activities for digital cinema developments in East Asia.

Participated largely in MOOC developments and online learning courses between 2012 and 2015; also accompanying start-up businesses for interactive online edutainment and serious games.

Since 2015 developing Virtual Reality applications for home entertainment platforms in cooperation with Sony, Microsoft, Oculus and Chinese partners.

Member of the  Industrial  Advisory  Board of the International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC); Member of the organizing committee for Alcatel Foundation’s NMI conference. Evaluation of new media developments for the EU CORDIS program. Member of the European Chinese Management Association EUCMA. Licensed developer for all major VR home entertainment platforms (PlayStation, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality). Oculus Start participant and member of the International Game Developers Association IGDA (ARVR Chapter).