David Addleman
President
Cyberware
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Office:
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2110 Del Monte Avenue
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Monterey, California
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Office hours:
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Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 17:00 (highly variable)
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Phone:
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Desk: +1 831 657 1476
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Telefax: +1 831 657 1494
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Reception: +1 831 657 1450
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Email:
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david@cyberware.com
Biographical Sketch
David Addleman is the President and co-founder of Cyberware. He created
the software that supports the 3D digitizing process and jointly holds
several digitizing-related patents. He manages the company's research and
development activities.
In 1995 he and Lloyd Addleman, his father, received an Academy Award
for the application of the Cyberware 3030 3D Digitizer to special effects
imagery in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and The Abyss. He has appeared
on many television news programs to explain Cyberware's work, including
CNN, Good Morning America and the Discovery Channel. Wired magazine once
certified his true personality in the article Geeks Storm the A-List
(Wired, October 1998 p153).
David's 25-year background in software engineering has included work
on the Unix kernel for various companies and contract work for the US Air
Force and the City and County of San Francisco. The latter involved development
work on the computer controls for the city's rapid transit system. He started
with Cyberware at its inception in 1982. He met his first computers during
a year at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Current Activities
- Developing device driver and image processing software for new USB-based
color 3d scanners.
- Participating in a research group whose goal is to apply 3d surface
scanning and skin property sensing to the treatment of burn patients.
- Experimenting with whole-body datasets
These are renderings of sample datasets from the Whole Body Scanner.
Other than some filling of holes in shadowed areas, we did not do any hand
modeling of these polygonal body models. Decimated, smoothed and converted
using various Cyberware software tools. Compositions and renderings in
Softimage. The goal is to discover what tools are needed by animators to
ease the use of whole body scans.
Away from Work
While not at work David is most apt to be found somewhere around Monterey
Bay or Big Sur with his 9 year old daughter Chloe..
They live in Monterey. Whenever possible he prefers to be eating healthy
food, drinking a fine ale (which mostly cancels the healthy food), riding
a bicycle or sailing. David also enjoys sleeping, however complete satisfaction
in that endeavor has been elusive. His current position as Race Chairman at the Monterey
Peninsula Yacht Club has significantly impacted his preferred recreational activity of
leisure sailing. His pretty friend
Betty, a racing sailboat, provides great fun for her team while occasionally
winning a race too.
Information that I use and frequently refer people to is found here.
Last update: 1 October 2002
info@cyberware.com
