Gary Oberbrunner
Mostly-retired Emmy-winning technology executive and high-performance software developer. 30+ years building graphics, visual effects, and scientific visualization tools. Since retirement, I'm busier than ever, creating open source tools and projects, and leading
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CEO & founder of
, helping scientists turn data into compelling video stories.
Previously CTO of GenArts (acquired by Boris FX), where I led 20+ years of visual-effects software development.
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Writing
I write at
— musings on technology, science, music, art, and life. Recent posts on AI collaboration, the path to superintelligence, climate visualization, and more.
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Selected projects
Since "retirement" I've been working through my life-long backlog of "wouldn't it be great if someone wrote..." projects, most with some AI collaboration. See my
for my conflicted feelings about what the oncoming AI freight train will do for or to humanity. Here are some projects I've done recently and am still working on:
— modern Python-based software construction tool; inspired by SCons and CMake.
— log-scaled visualization of world events, to help us situate our own short lives in the continuous stream of deep time. Live:
— open-source web-based marine chartplotter. Try it at
— packing list app for travelers (
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— LLM-based personal knowledge management system
— daily sea-surface-temperature anomaly visualization, with
— my Emacs config, refined over decades
Open source Projects
Academy Software Foundation OpenFX Project
, open visual-effects plugin standard — Chair of the Technical Steering Committee (2022–present)
— co-manager 2000–2017
Recognition
Emmy Award (2019) for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development, for Sapphire Plug-ins
President,
(2022–present)
Publications and patents: see my
Elsewhere
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