Creative Technologist at Lectra since 2017
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Generative AI, VR/AR and 3D for fashion. At Lectra since 2013, Creative Technologist at Lectra Innovation Lab since 2017: from concept to demos you can touch.
Prototypes & innovation
13 years of R&D at Lectra.
Ideas you can touch.
Lectra · ≈2017 – 2021
POC Fitting ReviewCollaborative garment fitting review in VR: designers review the pattern maker's work and decide together in a shared virtual space.Lectra
13years at Lectra
R&D engineer since 2013 · Creative Technologist since 2017
Lectra · POC
8projects & POCs
Prototypes, demos and 3D tools.
Lectra · 2021
POC VR DressingTry on your configured garment in virtual reality, from the dressing room to a desert or a rainy street.
Lectra · ≈2018
POC MTC ConfiguratorMade-to-measure configurator on tablet: pick garment options and see them on a 3D body, synced with connected devices.Toolbox
- Gen AI
- LLM / Agentic
- VR / AR
- Unity 3D
- C#
- C++
- OpenGL
- WebGL
- Swift
- Objective-C
- Java
- Mobile iOS / Android
- Firebase
- 3ds Max
- Git
Lectra · ≈2019
Easy3D DesignSimplified 3D design tool for fashion: block configurator, mesh tools and paint tool.
Lectra · 2016 – 2020
Lectra 3D VieweriOS and Android 3D garment viewer apps, with native file association.
Lectra · 2021
AR Modaris3D AnimationModaris3D garments animated in augmented reality.
Lectra · 2021
PLM WebGL Viewer3D web viewer built into Lectra's PLM (Unity3D / C#): garments in 3D right in the browser.
Lectra · 2021
POC Ray tracing Modaris3DAutomatic ray-traced rendering from Lectra Modaris3D files.In progress
POCs 2022 – todayNew prototypes being added.
VR · 3D
22years of real-time 3D & VR
From INRIA to Lectra, since 2004.
Talk · 2021
IACDE 3D SummitContent made for my talk at the IACDE 3D Summit.Timeline
The journey.
At Lectra since 2013, in virtual reality since 2004.
LectraPOCTalk
- 20252025 – todayIndependent iOS developerIndie iOS5 apps designed and shipped solo on the App Store.
- 2022POCs 2022 – today
- 2021
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017Aug 2017 – todayCreative Technologist, Lectra Innovation LabLectra · CestasGenerative AI, VR, AR and 3D POCs and demos for fashion.
- 2016
- 2013May 2013 – todayR&D EngineerLectra · Cestas3D web viewer for Lectra's PLM (Unity3D / C#), iOS / Android 3D mobile viewer, Android apps Lectra Collection, Collection Advanced and SnapShot, cloth simulation on virtual mannequins (C++ / OpenGL), VR evangelism (POCs, demos).
- 2011Jan 2011 – Mar 2013Managing director, co-founderVRXL · BruxellesManagement, administration, business development, support and R&D.
- 2008Nov 2008 – Jan 2011Expert engineer / consultantCENOLIA PortageDevelopment on GVT© (Generic Virtual Training), Nexter Training's procedure-training software.
- 2005May 2005 – Oct 2008Virtual reality R&D engineerINRIA · RennesDevelopment on the GVT© industrial project and the OpenMASK research platform.
- 2004Apr – Oct 2004Junior engineerSNCF · ParisScientific visualization application for ballast dynamics.
- 20032003 – 2004 · EducationMaster's degree, Multimedia Computing & Virtual RealityUniversité Bordeaux IReal-time programming, computational geometry, advanced image synthesis.
Talks, education & languages
Talks
- 2021IACDE 3D Summit
Content made for my talk at the IACDE 3D Summit.
Education
- 2003 – 2004Université Bordeaux I
Master's degree, Multimedia Computing & Virtual Reality
Languages
French (native) · English (professional working)
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Contact xlarrode@gmail.com · LinkedIn · Behance
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