David Gene Oh sits down with the founder of BRINK Traveler. BRINKTraveler is a virtual travel app available on Meta and Steam VR supported headsets. It uses photogrammetry to capture real-world locations and create immersive VR experiences. The team behind BRINK XR includes Akin Bilgic, Brandon Riza, and Florian Bernard. They developed their own toolset to optimize the high-resolution data for mobile chipsets, creating a photorealistic experience. The team formed through previous collaborations and brings diverse expertise in computer graphics and visual effects.
Highlights
- BRINK photogrammetry to capture high-resolution data of locations and optimize it for VR.
- The app creates a photorealistic experience by adding shaders and dynamic effects.
- BRINK XR developed their own toolset to optimize the data for mobile chipsets.
- The team members have backgrounds in computer graphics and visual effects.
- They formed through previous collaborations and bring diverse expertise to the project.
