FARO Flatness Check
Just a year after joining FARO, I had the opportunity to work with an awesome team of skilled people on a completely new product, that uses XR technology to greatly simplify workflows on construction sites.…
Hey there!
My name is Daniel and I’m a full-stack software developer with a large expertise on Mixed Reality and immersive media. With more than six years of experience at a growing VR/XR-startup, I am familiar with being responsible for every part of a software project. From multi-platform Unity projects over server side applications and services to team management.
Since early 2021 I’m a Lead Software Engineer at FARO Europe GmbH & Co. KG and am a certified Scrum Master.
Professional developer at day and hobby tinkerer at night, I have experience with building custom hardware, including electronics, circuit-board and CAD-Design, 3D printing, microcontroller development and more. Some projects, like VR-PinCade, proved themselves to larger audiences at Meetups and Maker-fairs. I wrote a book about VR development with Unity and my Video Editor for Android has more than 12 Million downloads on GooglePlay.
If I’m not developing or “making” things, I love spending my weekends on long hikes in difficult terrains.
Current & Past Experiences
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Developing Virtual Reality Games with Unity
In 2017 HANSER published my book that teaches everyone how to develop their own VR Games.
![VRSuite[1]](https://www.danielkorgel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/VRSuite1-360x200.jpg)
present4D – VR-Suite
From 2014 to 2021 I worked for the XR/VR startup present4D as a leading software engineer and XR/VR specialist. We developed an easy-to-use authoring tool for presentations and e-learning in XR.
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Coastiality
Together with MackMedia GmbH & CO. KG I developed the initial version of their Coastiality App for Android, iOS and GearVR.
More Projects
Wooden Dueling Pinball
A truly mechanical dueling pinball with a pirate theme, made from wood and 3d printed wood PLA.
Jump – Musical Skill Challenge
Experience the perfect blend of challenge, minimalistic gameplay and music 🎮🎶
Auto Camera Copy
Auto Camera Copy automatically copies photos and videos from SD Cards and Cameras to custom folders on your PC or NAS when you connect them.
Cyberpunk Eyepiece
An animated Cyberpunk eyepiece, which looks around and blinks.
0.5m² Gameboy Screen
A fully functional 0.5m² Gameboy (-Color) Screen that I built for our Silvester Party 2019/2020
Eye Animatronic (with Portal Skin)
A DIY project, with the target to build an Eye-Animatronic.
Photography and Videography
In my free time I like creating photos and videos
DIY Motion Simulator
I built myself a 2 DOF Motion Simulator with additional vibration feedback for racing games in Virtual Reality.
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VR-PinCade
An Input Device for playing Pinball and Arcade Games with haptic feedback in VR
![gameshrinker[1]](https://www.danielkorgel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gameshrinker1.jpg)
Game Shrinker
Playstation Vita Homebrew for minimizing the size of games stored on a Playstation Vita Memory Card.
Smooth Action-Cam SlowMo
Smooth Action-Cam SlowMo is an Android Camera and Video Editor for HFR footage with more than 11.000.000 Downloads.
![VRCS-1024×517[1]](https://www.danielkorgel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/VRCS-1024x5171.jpg)
Game Concept: VR Cover Shooter
A concept for a “Room-Scale” Shooter at at time where seated was the norm.
Game Concept: REVIL
2D Pixelart Image to 3D/ VR game conecpt conversion.
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Bloculus.de
2012 I started to write my German virtual reality blog: bloculus.de