Some of my previous projects

Yellowbird - 360 degree LIVE video broadcast (3rd picture). I was hired to make 306 degree video LIVE. A huge challenge because at that time, as far as we knew, nobody had created LIVE 360 degree video broadcast. But a few months later, we were on top of a skyscraper in New York showing our very first LIVE broadcast and people could watch the live feed from the top of that building, looking in every direction. Another few months later, I was the first person to broadcast a wedding in 360 degrees... my own wedding! ;)

Philips - I did a lot of interesting stuff at Philips, most of which under NDA, so there are no picture of it. I did play with Microsoft Kinect to track hands and head movement, I made a proof-of-concept to read a person's heartbeat from a webcam. And a demo where different beardstyles could be shown on a person's face. I played with VR, Amazon Alexa, 3D cameras, lasers, different sensors, etc. I created image analysis algorithms and software for different purposes. A lot of R&D and even 3 patents came out with my name on it!

Hanze University - Although more Research than software development, I did make a fully functioning platform where people could request product deliveries from friends and family. It was created using PHP, MySQL, HTML, Javascript and CSS. I also created a few demos to inspire students, for example a mobile AR app that can put virtual spiders in the room!

Other - I have build robots, controlling them with Arduino's. Made a webserver with Raspberry Pi. ...

And game development

A big wish of mine is to make and actually publish a fun game. This is an ongoing hobby that started when I was about 9 years old. I programmed my first game on a C64 in basic. The video above is from my most ambitious attempt but still died a silent death. I learned a lot from it and still proud of the way it looks but in the end, it just wasn't fun anymore. I programmed it in C# and used the MonoGame framework.

Above is an example of the software that was created and used to make the spiroglyphics for the books "Surprise Coloring Spirals - Animals" and "Surprise Coloring Spirals - Demons". The software can turn a square image into a spiral and test to see what the end result might look like.

I have made software that can turn images into color-by-number puzzle pages, including a check to see what the endresult might look like. A program to make it easier to create connect-the-dots pages, etc. A lot of tools, some of which required image analysis and processing using the OpenCV library.

There are two mobile apps for the Google Play Store that I am currently working on:

ABC Scratch Cards - perfect for young children who are learning the letters of the alphabet. It can be used stand-alone or as a companion app for the book "Surprise Coloring Junior - Learn ABC".

After the introduction screen, a page with the letter A appears. A child can use a finger to remove this layer and a fruit or vegetable that starts with the letter A appears. Underneath is also the word APPLE written. With the forward and backward button, a child can easily go to the next or previous letter in the alfabet. Just like the book "Surprise Coloring Junior - Learn ABC", there are 52 cards; 26 fruits and vegetables and 26 animals. These are the same as in the book and therefor, this app can be used as a companion app to the book. But also works perfectly stand-alone! It will be a free app, soon available for Android in the Google Play Store.

Snake Train - a fun little game inspired by snake but with trains and rail roads.

This is also almost ready but needs a short introduction to let users know how to play.

The game is played by moving train tracks from the bottom of the game onto the playing field. By placing the tracks, you can move the train towards the wagons that need to be picked up. When the train hits a wagon, it is placed behind the last wagon of the train, making the train a little bit longer, just like a Snake game! The goal is to make the train as long as possible, but be careful not to hit yourself! And if you wait too long with placing a railroad, the boiler of the locomotive will overheat and the train explodes!

Future of Software, isn't that A.I.?

Well, maybe. A.I. tools are rapidly developed that can do more and more tasks. But for now.. we are still needed!

I will try to make more games. But in the back of my mind is a very challenging software project: I want to build a robot-arm that can paint a person that sits in front of it, with real paint on a real canvas...