From solving IT puzzles to building entirely new realities... what sparks such a transformation? 🔥 Allan Rankin, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Target 3D, holds some of the answers. In our brand-new Tiger Heart Chats episode (Ep. 36), he shares his compelling story with host Sanj Surati, detailing the pivotal shift from a career start in IT to becoming a leader in the immersive technology space. It wasn't just a job change; it was a perspective shift. Get inside the mind of an innovator who bridged these two worlds. Listen to the full conversation!
Some of the topics raised include:
Target 3D - https://www.target3d.co.uk
Inition - https://www.inition.co.uk
Ashley Keeler - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleykeeler/
Jim Gant - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgant0/
Tracking Systems
Optitrack - https://www.optitrack.com
Motion Capture Noitum - https://www.noitom.com
Perception Neuron Range
Amfitrack - https://www.amfitrack.com
Captury – https://captury.com
Indie creators
Unreal Engine - https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US
Unity 3D - https://unity.com
Brexit
Covid
Vive - https://www.vive.com/uk/
Artificial Intelligence
Digital Catapult - https://www.digicatapult.org.uk
Vision Processing
Motion Graphics
Ali Kord - https://www.linkedin.com/in/synertial/
Synertial - https://www.synertial.com
World Viz - https://www.worldviz.com
Vizard - https://vizard.ai
Haptics
Python- https://www.python.org
Manus - https://www.manus-meta.com
Move Shelf Biomechanics
Dynamics
Virtual production
Simon Reveley - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-reveley-575b1b5/
Figment productions - https://figmentproductions.co.uk
University of Dundee - https://www.dundee.ac.uk
Robert Jeffries - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-jeffries-99800411/
Places:
London
Denmark
Germany
Brighton
Australia
America
Hackney Road
Guildford
Scotland
Dundee
Advice:
Make sure you offer the right solution for the client.
Ask the right questions to find out what the right technology is right for the client.
Understand what the post shooting outcomes will be.
Know where your place fits within the production process.
Particularly with tech, read the instructions.
Make sure you listen to the client.
You will not get to where you want to be without collaborating.
Figure it out as you go along.
Allan Rankin Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-rankin-b3b3941/
[email protected]
Sanj Surati & Tiger Heart:
https://www.twitter.com/tigerhearttech/
https://www.instagram.com/tigerhearttech/
https://www.twitter.com/sanjsurati/
https://www.instagram.com/artistryinsentiment/
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Tiger Heart is an innovation agency that specialises in emerging technologies set up by Digital Atelier Sanj Surati. Sanj is an award winning multi-disciplined Digital Atelier with over twenty years of experience within the music, fashion and luxury industries. London-based Sanj has been working within digital and technology since 1998. He has seen the cultural shift in human habit and behaviour as we all evolve into digital consumers. Some of his successes have been burgeoning, ground breaking and, more importantly, culturally relevant.
