about me

Robert Scheibe
Diplom Mediensystemwissenschaftler

I studied media systems at the Bauhaus-University Weimar from October 2000 to May 2006. My main focus was on virtual reality. I am especially interested in the design of human computer interface solutions.

For my diploma thesis I have developed a tactile feedback mechanism for the A.R.T. fingertracking glove using shape memory alloys. Despite the low bandwidth of shape memory alloys, I found a solution how to use them in immersive CAVE-like environments.

Since August 2006 I'm employed at the Advanced Realtime Tracking GmbH in Weilheim, Germany. I developed a tactile feedback system as successor of the system I've done in my diploma thesis. From 2009 until 2011 I was involved in the Avilus project, founded by the German government (BMfBF), promoting the Motion Capturing capabilities of ART.

Since 2012 I was head of the Hardware Development Department at ART, responsible for the hardware development of ARTtrack5, ARTtrack6/m, Smarttrack3 and more.

In March 2023 I joined the general management focusing on development and IT.

I'm interested in exploring technical systems. I try to understanding them and love to do repairs in case they break.

work experience

since August 2006
employed at Advanced Realtime Tracking GmbH in Weilheim, Germany

2005-09-01 — 2006-04-30
diploma thesis, Volkswagen AG,
"Haptic Feedback in Immersive Environments"

2005-06 — 2005-09
tutor for lecture "Web Technology", Prof. Dr. Stein, Bauhaus-University Weimar

2005-03-12 — 2005-03-16
presentation of "Haptic Feedback through Weight Shifting" at IEEE VR Workshop: New Directions in 3D User Interfaces, Bonn, March 2005

2004-08 — 2005-03
member of neudeli, a network for business founders

2004-06 — 2005-06
administration of two e-learning platforms, Otto-Benecke-Foundation (Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany) and AsiaLink (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)

2002 — 2004
employed at Dynardo GmbH as C++ developer, development of a GUI based workflow concept for TopoSLang, a topology optimization program

Publications

2007
Scheibe R., Mathias M., Fröhlich, B.
Tactile Feedback at the Finger Tips for Improved Direct Interaction in Immersive Environments
3DUI Symposium March 10-11th 2007, Charlotte NC, USA

Hulin Thomas, Kremer Philipp, Scheibe Robert, Schaetzle Simon, Preusche Carsten
Evaluating Two Novel Tactile Feedback Devices
Proc. of Enactive/2007, 4th International Conference on Enactive Interfaces, Grenoble, Nov. 19-24, 2007, p. 117

2005
Grundhöfer, A., Brombach, B., Scheibe, R., Fröhlich, B.
Level of Detail Based Occlusion Culling for Dynamic Scenes
In Proceedings of Graphite 2005 - 3rd International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australia and Southeast Asia, pp. 37-45, November 2005

Scheibe, R., Schneider, H., Hochstrate, J., Fröhlich, B.
Haptic Feedback Through Weight Shifting
IEEE VR Workshop: New Directions in 3D User Interfaces, Bonn, March 2005

Programming skills

C/C++ (embedded devices)
python (pyqt, pyOpenSG, pyVTK)
bash scripting
embedded Linux
xhtml, css

Language skills

German — native
English — fluent