Current Focus
Academic Staff — Hochschule Karlsruhe
Since Feb 2025: XR training environments for refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump technology — Unity development, project coordination, thesis supervision.
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Wilhelm Gerner
Unity / VR / XR Software Developer
Unity/VR/XR developer with two completed XR degrees and ongoing research work. Building VR/XR software continuously since 2017 — from academic projects to research-grade training systems.
- Lohmar (Cologne/Bonn), Germany
- Open for Unity/VR/XR opportunities
- 9+ years in VR/XR
- 10+ years with Unity
VR / XR / AR / Unity
9+ years of VR/XR experience, 10+ years with Unity — enterprise VR (Fraunhofer, Airbus), research XR (Hochschule Karlsruhe) and an award-winning academic VR project (CHI PLAY '20).
Technical Skills
- C#
- Unity
- Unreal Engine
- Godot
- Unity DOTS
- 3D Animation & Rigging
- Body Tracking
- UX Design for VR
- Git
- SCRUM
Technologies & Tools
- Meta Quest 2/3
- Varjo XR-3
- HTC Vive
- Microsoft HoloLens
- Boston Dynamics Spot
- Hand / voice / full-body tracking
- MoCap
- Haptic Feedback
Projects & Practical Experience
Particular Strengths
- Project management
- Thesis supervision
- Trade fair presentations
- Partner networking
- Self-directed work
- Team collaboration
Education
- M.Sc. Digital Reality HAW Hamburg · 2021 – 2024
- B.Sc. Virtuelle Realitäten SRH Hochschule Heidelberg · 2017 – 2020