CV

Victor Häfner studied physics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and obtained his degree in march 2012. In April 2014 he started as a research associate at the Institute of Information Management (IMI, KIT) in the research group Smart Immersive Environments. His research topics are in the field of virtual reality with a focus on machine engineering applications. His activities and interests are in VR software and hardware development, numerical simulations, computer vision and computer graphics.

Research

- Developement of virtual reality engine PolyVR

- New paradigms for Interaction in virutal and mixed reality systems

Projekte
title	short description
VIEW-BW	VIEW-BW - Visualisierung der Energiewende in Baden-Württemberg
DigiFab	DigiFab - Digitale Fabrik für den Mittelstand
I4TP - Deutsch-Chinesische Industrie 4.0 Fabrikautomatisierungsplattform	Link
DriveSim	For the project "DriveSim", IMI team develops a novel intelligent driving simulator that is tailored to the needs of the Chinese driving school students using technology like virtual reality and artificial intelliegence to create experience closest to reality.
dimenSion	"Multidimensional Service Prototyping" and development of tecniques and tecnologies for "Rapid-Service-Prototyping"
PolyVR	PolyVR is a virtual reality 3D engine with main focus is the scalability of hardware setups and scene authoring and management.
3DConFu	3DConFu: 3D reconstruction of rooms and intelligent configuration of furniture
SimViDekont	Construction of a simulation model for the qualification of the new vibration method for decontamination of pipelines
Eveil 3D	EVEIL 3D – Learning Languages in 3D virtual environments
VR Driving Simulator // MINT BOX	Experiencing Physical and Technical Phenomena in Schools Using Virtual Reality Driving Simulator

Lectures
title	type	semester	place
Virtual Engineering II (VE II)	Lecture	ST 2020	Geb. 10.91, 2. OG, Raum 222, "Oberer Hörsaal"
Lernfabrik 4.X	Practical course	WT 20/21	look at german site

Publications
title	author	source	date
New Techniques for Hand Pose Estimation Based on Kinect Depth Data	Hummel, Simon; Häfner, Victor; Häfner, Polina; Ovtcharova, Jivka		08 - 10.12.2014
PolyVR - A Virtual Reality Authoring System	Häfner, Victor	EuroVR 2014, Bremen, Germany	08 - 10.12.2014
The Impact of Motion in Virtual Environments on Memorization Performance	Häfner, Polina Vinke, Christina Häfner, Victor Ovtcharova, Jivka	IEEE International conference on Computional Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA), 2013	16-07-13
Semi-automated Ontology Population from Building Construction Drawings	Häfner, Polina Häfner, Polina Wicaksono, Hendro Ovtcharova, Jivka	5th International Conference Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development, 2013	19 till 22-09-13
Virtual Reality Based Rapid Service Prototyping Tool	Polina Häfner, Matthes Elstermann, Victor Häfner, Jivka Ovtcharova	Proceedings of EuroVR Conference 2016, Athene, Greece	2016
Qualifizierung eines neuartigen Vibrationsverfahrens zur Dekontamination von Rohrleitungen	Schuck, Hendrik; Häfner, Victor; Ovtcharova, Jivka	Digital Engineering zum Planen, Testen und Betreiben technischer Systeme, 17. IFF-Wissenschaftstage, Fraunhofer - Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung IFF, Magdeburg	24. - 26. June 2014
Teaching Methodology for Virtual Reality Practical Course in Engineering Education	Häfner, Polina; Häfner, Victor; Ovtcharova, Jivka	International Conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality in Education 2013, Procedia Computer Science Volume 25, 2013, Pages 251–260 (Best Paper Award)	7-8.11.2013
Density of states in graphene with vacancies: midgap power law and frozen multifractality	V. Haefner, J. Schindler, N. Weik, T. Mayer, S. Balakrishnan, R. Narayanan, S. Bera, F. Evers	arXiv.org > Condensed Matter > Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics	April 2014
Modelling Smart Virtual Environments	Victor Häfner	4. Fachkonferenz zu VR/AR-Technologien in Anwendung und Forschung an der Professur Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik, 2017, Chemnitz, Germany, ISBN 978-3-00-058419-0, Pages 151-162	Dezember 2017
Innovation braucht Resourceful Humans, Aufbruch in eine neue Arbeitskultur durch Virtual Engineering	Jivka Ovtcharova, Polina Häfner, Victor Häfner, Jurica Katicic, Christina Vinke	Zukunft der Arbeit in Industrie 4.0, Automonik für Industrie 4.0, Bundesministerium Wirtschaft und Energie	Mai 2014
Interaktive Flexibilitätsbewertung in virtuellen Welten (Flexibility assessment in virtual worlds)	Häfner, Victor Siebel, Jan Häfner, Polina Rogalski, Sven	Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb (ZWF), Hanser Verlag, issue 03/2013, p. 123-127	March 2013