Hartmut Seichter is an architect and software engineer working in the areas of Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Human Computer Interfaces (HCI), Digital Design and Robotics. technotecture is his project portfolio, communication and working platform. He specialises in developing next generation Human Computer Interfaces for digital design tools.

Degrees

• PhD, The University of Hong Kong, 2007
• Diplomingenieur, Bauhaus University Weimar, 2002

Current Occupation

Fulltime Research Scientist at the HITLabNZ and affiliate developer for ARToolworks Inc.

Expertise

• Realtime visualisation issues for Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality applications
• Affordance in digital design tools
• Direct manipulation and interaction
• Cross platform development and deployment

Past working places

• Plugin Creations LLC and Kajima Technical Research Institute as a research consultant (2003)
• The University of Hong Kong as a reseach assistant.
• Bauhaus University Weimar, Chair for Virtual Reality Systems as lecturer and research assistant (2001-2002)
• Bauhaus University Weimar, Chair for Computer Science in Architecture as research assistant (1998-2001)
• GMD/IMK (now part of Fraunhofer Institute) as a research assistant, (1999-2000)

Others

Hartmut is also a member of igroup.org, an interdisciplinary group of designers, psychologists, architects and civil engineers. This group discusses issues of IT-technology and social problems, virtual reality design, interface technology and usability.