About

Matt McCrory is a Lead Software Developer with over 19 years of relevant experience in the field. He is currently working with Walt Disney Imagineering as a Lead Software Developer, where he designs, develops, and maintains a C++11/Python-based toolset to process volumetric video from 3D point clouds to final textured meshes in a custom Mac/Linux/AWS-based pipeline. He also implements academic/industry research papers to this end. Matt utilizes OpenGL4.1/GLSL and Qt (PySide2 and Qt5 for C++ apps) to build out GUI tools for running pipeline apps and reviewing 3D assets. He runs production video capture data through this pipeline and into 3D/VR/AR artist tools like Maya, Unity, Snap Lens Studio, etc. Matt has previously worked with Walt Disney Imagineering as a Senior Software Engineer, where he designed, built-out, and supported Python and C++-based pipeline tools for WDI engineers & artists in the development of new park attractions and animatronics. He utilized Deep Learning methods via TensorFlow to accelerate the engineering and animation of animatronic face rigs (neural nets trained in a Python-based pipeline, then later used for predicting facial skin deformations in a C++-based Maya plugin). Matt also utilized open-source libraries like OpenVDB and CGAL to calculate ride reach volume of a vehicle + guests along a ride's path and later export volumetric region in formats needed for ingestion into downstream pipeline apps. He created GUI for the tool using Qt5 and OpenGL 4.1/GLSL. Previously, Matt has also worked with Facebook Reality Labs as a Senior Graphics Software Engineer, where he engineered software solutions in Unity and Unreal as part of a broader effort to advance AR/VR technology. Matt holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from North Central College and pursued further studies in Computer Science from Northwestern University. His tech stack includes Software Engineer, AWS, Python, Research Scientist, C++, Deep Learning, and TensorFlow.