Cornel Hillmann is a CG artist, virtual reality developer and entrepreneur. Cornel began his career as an art director in Los Angeles after receiving a diploma in computer graphics from Platt College, Alhambra, California. He then launched the companies CNT Media GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, and Emerging Entertainment Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. Cornel also produced the DVD lineup of cgartist.com, which originally started as an artist boot camp and is now his home base for VR- and CG-related projects. Over the last years Cornel has lectured on the subjects of character animation, design and virtual reality and often contributes to interactive media-related events as a panel member or speaker. Cornel is currently leveraging his skills and experience in CG and media design to develop VR projects.