Philippe Bekaert

Philippe Bekaert (1967 - 2022) was a professor in visual computing at the Expertise center for Digital Media (EDM) of Hasselt University, Belgium. His research areas include omnidirectional (360°) and free viewpoint video, immersive environments and virtual reality, multicamera systems, management of large data transfer, and general-purpose GPU computing.

With his EDM research group of Visual Computing he participated in European and national research and development projects on the intersection of arts, cinema, TV broadcasting, and visual computing.

Philippe Bekaert was convinced of the need to work together with creatives in the arts and entertainment: ''“We want to stretch the boundaries of the use of technology, not by creating faster systems and problem-solving devices, but by asking what we can do with this technology to enhance human perception and experience''“. He worked closely together with theatre and live performance company CREW in about 13 VR and MR based performance.

He was initiator and cofounder of spin-of companies like AZilPix, Camargus and Panokkel, commercializing broadcast video production systems following novel approaches. Provided by Wikipedia