FlorianEchtler

Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality
Lehrstuhl für Informatikanwendungen in der Medizin & Augmented Reality

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Dipl.-Inf. Florian Echtler

"It's hard to say exactly what constitutes research in the computer world,
but as a first approximation, it's software that doesn't have users." Paul Graham


Contact Details

  • Email:
  • Phone: +49-89-289-17087
  • Room: MI 00.13.037 (MI building, part 13, ground floor)
  • Social Networking: Academia.edu

Research Interests and Projects

Theses/Student Projects

Note: if you are interested in one of these topics, it's not mandatory to do theses as diploma/master thesis.
Smaller subprojects can also be done as bachelor thesis or SEP.

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Publications

P. Keitler, D. Pustka, M. Huber, F. Echtler, G. Klinker
Management of Tracking for Mixed and Augmented Reality Systems
Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems, E. Dubois, P. Gray, L. Nigay (eds.), Springer Verlag, 2009. (bib)
F. Echtler, S. Nestler, A. Dippon, G. Klinker
Supporting Casual Interactions between Board Games on Public Tabletop Displays and Mobile Devices
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Special Issue on Public and Private Displays, Springer Verlag, 2009 (to appear) (bib)
M. Tönnis, F. Echtler, M. Huber, G. Klinker
Low Cost 3D Rotational Input Devices: the stationary Spinball and the mobile Soap3D
The 11th Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality (SVR), Porto Alegre, Brazil, May 25 - 28, 2009. Best short paper (bib)
F. Echtler, T. Sielhorst, M. Huber, G. Klinker
A Short Guide to Modulated Light
TEI 2009, February 16 - 18, Cambridge, United Kingdom. (bib)
S. Nestler, M. Huber, F. Echtler, A. Dollinger, G. Klinker
Development and evaluation of a virtual reality patient simulation (VRPS)
The 17-th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG'09) (bib)
F. Echtler, G. Klinker
A Multitouch Software Architecture
NordiCHI 2008: Using Bridges, 18-22 October, Lund, Sweden. (bib)
J. Schöning, P. Brandl, F. Daiber, F. Echtler, O. Hilliges, J. Hook, M. Löchtefeld, N. Motamedi, L. Muller, P. Olivier, T. Roth, U. von Zadow
Multi-Touch Surfaces: A Technical Guide
Technical Report TUM-I0833 (bib)
F. Echtler, G. Klinker
Tracking Mobile Phones on Interactive Tabletops
MEIS '08: Workshop on Mobile and Embedded Interactive Systems, Munich, Germany (bib)
S. Nestler, F. Echtler, A. Dippon, G. Klinker
Collaborative problem solving on mobile hand-held devices and stationary multi-touch interfaces
PPD'08. Workshop on designing multi-touch interaction techniques for coupled public and private displays (bib)
F. Echtler, M. Huber, G. Klinker
Shadow Tracking on Multi-Touch Tables
AVI '08: 9th International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, Naples, Italy (bib)
F. Echtler, M. Huber, D. Pustka, P. Keitler, G. Klinker
Splitting the Scene Graph - Using Spatial Relationship Graphs Instead of Scene Graphs in Augmented Reality
3rd International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP '08), Funchal, Portugal, Jan. 22 - 25, 2008. (bib)
M. Huber, D. Pustka, P. Keitler, F. Echtler, G. Klinker
A System Architecture for Ubiquitous Tracking Environments
The Sixth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Nara, Japan, Nov. 13 - 16, 2007. (bib)
D. Pustka, P. Keitler, M. Huber, F. Echtler, G. Klinker
Ubiquitous Tracking for Quickly Solving Multi-Sensor Calibration and Tracking Problems
Demonstration at the Fourth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Nara, Japan, Nov. 14 - 16, 2007 (bib)
G. Klinker, F. Echtler
3D Visualization and Exploration of Relationships and Constraints at the Example of Sudoku Games
Technical Report TUM-I0722, Nov. 1, 2007. (bib)
F. Echtler, M. Huber, G. Klinker
Hand tracking for enhanced gesture recognition on interactive multi-touch surfaces
Technical Report TUM-I0721, Nov. 1, 2007. (bib)
D. Pustka, M. Huber, F. Echtler, P. Keitler
UTQL: The Ubiquitous Tracking Query Language v1.0
Technical Report TUM-I0718, Oct. 11, 2007. (bib)
S. Nestler, A. Dollinger, F. Echtler, M. Huber, G. Klinker
Design and Development of Virtual Patients
Vierter Workshop Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR, Weimar, 15. Juli 2007 (bib)
J. Newman, A. Bornik, D. Pustka, F. Echtler, M. Huber, D. Schmalstieg, G. Klinker
Tracking for Distributed Mixed Reality Environments
IEEE VR 2007 Workshop on 'Trends and Issues in Tracking for Virtual Environments', Charlotte, NC, USA, Mar 11, 2007 (bib)
F. Echtler
Using Semantic Web Languages in Argumentation Models
Forschungsberichte Künstliche Intelligenz FKI-253-06, TU München, 2006 (bib)
J. Georgii, F. Echtler, R. Westermann
Interactive Simulation of Deformable Bodies on GPUs
Simulation and Visualisation Conference Proceedings, 2005 (bib)
F. Echtler
Realization of efficient mass-spring simulations on graphics hardware
Diploma Thesis, TU München, 2004 (bib)
G. Klinker, H. Najafi, T. Sielhorst, F. Sturm, F. Echtler, M. Isik, W. Wein, C. Truebswetter
FixIt: An Approach towards Assisting Workers in Diagnosing Machine Malfunctions
Proc. of the International Workshop on Design and Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems - MIXER 2004, Funchal, Madeira, CEUR Workshop Proceedings (bib)
F. Echtler, F. Sturm, K. Kindermann, G. Klinker, J. Stilla, J. Trilk, H. Najafi
The Intelligent Welding Gun: Augmented Reality for Experimental Vehicle Construction
Chapter 17 in Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing (VARAM), Ong S.K and Nee A.Y.C eds, Springer Verlag, 2003. (bib)

Teaching

Winter Term 2008/09

Summer Term 2008

Winter Term 2007/08

Summer Term 2007

Winter Term 2006/07

Summer Term 2006

Winter Term 2005/06

Miscellaneous

Obscure Notes (you probably don't want to see this)


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Title: Dipl.-Inf. Univ.
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Birthday: 7. Feb. 1979
Nationality: Germany
Languages: English, German
Groups: Ubiquitous Tracking (Sensor Fusion), 3D Information Presentation, 3D Interaction, System Architectures for Ubiquitous Augmented Reality
Expertise: Industrial Augmented Reality, Ubiquitous Tracking (Sensor Fusion), 3D Information Presentation, System Architectures for Ubiquitous Augmented Reality
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