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The team
Charlotte Larmuseau
Smart Tech Lab Manager
Charlotte is the coordinating manager of HITLAB, AI Lab and Energy Lab. Charlotte is responsible for networking with companies and organizations, monitoring and coordinating projects, and managing the different project teams. Charlotte obtained a master's degree in educational sciences (UGent), and a master-after-master in international business economics and policy (KU Leuven). She pursued a joint doctoral degree in pedagogical and computer sciences at KU Leuven and Université de Lille.
Arthur d'Hooge
AI Engineer
Arthur has graduated as an AI Engineer from Howest and hired as an AI Engineer after a successful internship at HITLAB. He primarily does a lot of backend work, for example in Python and C#. He ensures that every project has access to a database, API, real-time streaming, and data processing.He also creates dashboards so that our researchers can easily view and use data in their research.
Ine Van der Cruyssen
HITLab Manager & Researcher
Ine is a researcher and experimental psychologist. In HIT Lab, she works as a project manager and UX researcher. After completing her Master's in Experimental Psychology at Ghent University, she pursued a PhD on lie detection using eye movements and virtual reality. With her expertise, she excels at integrating the human factor in technical projects.
Thibaut De Tandt
XR Developer
Thibaut de Tandt is an XR developer who always stays up-to-date with current technologies and uses various software for his development, such as Xcode, Unity, and Jetbrains Rider. He uses the Apple Vision Pro as an interface to test his projects. If you have any questions or issues with Apple products, he is the best person to help you.
Nick Linde
3D Artist
Nick is a 3D artist responsable for the atmosphere for different XR/VR games and experiences. from modeling different items to very detailed room designs using Unity and Unreal Engine. If you want your idea to come true with interactive visual aspects, Nick is the right person to make your project visually complete.
Jordy Verbruggen
XR Developer
Jordy is an XR developer with expertise in the Meta Quest Pro, he can work in team for a project to help others with bugs and is there to specifically solve problems related to XR development using Unity and Unreal Engine as the softwares. If you have problems with your code he can help you accelerate the process by fixing code that could get you some errors.