Taehoon Oh Explained

Taehoon Oh
Birth Name:오태훈
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Game Designer, COO at Studio Roqovan

Taehoon Oh is a computer graphic specialist, game designer and developer. He is a co-founder and COO at Studio Roqovan, formerly known as Reload Studios.[1] [2] He was a lead artist and was one of the pioneer developers of the Call of Duty game franchise. He is also one of the co-founders of the non-gaming virtual reality subdivision of Studio Roqovan called Rascali, launched in September 2015.[3] [4]

Career

Oh is the owner of Stunt Corgi & serves as chief operating officer at Reload Studios, which he founded in 2014 with James Chung and later renamed as Studio Roqovan.[5] [6] [7] [8] There, in 2016, he developed a new game, World War Toons, a first-person multiplayer shooter game compatible with 3D VR (Virtual Reality) and PSVR.[9] [10]

While working for Infinity Ward (the original COD developers) from 2004 to 2014, Taehoon as a senior and lead artist designed over 50 vehicles and 100 weapons used in Call of duty’s different versions including Call of Duty 2,,,, and Call Of Duty Ghost.[11] [12] [13]

In 2007, he won the global game art competition for the game Dominance War,[14] [15] and he served as a judge in various gaming competitions.[16] [17]

Early life

Oh's early education took place in South Korea. His gaming interest was developed when his father bought him an Apple II personal computer.[18]

Awards

World Champion of global games art competition held in 2007 for the game Dominance war.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Call of Duty talent forms Reload Studios. GamesIndustry.biz. 15 July 2014 . 15 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Al-Obaidi . Zeena. World War Toons Devs Reload Studios Rebrand as Studio Roqovan, Inc.
  3. Web site: World War Toons Dev Launches New VR Lab, Working with WoofbertVR. VRFocus.com. 15 April 2016.
  4. Web site: Co-founder Rascalli. roqovan.com.
  5. Web site: stuntcorgi.xyz – Your Ultimate Place to Buy Virtual Reality Headset. 29 January 2018 . 5 July 2020. en-US.
  6. Web site: Ex-Call of Duty Devs Found Brand New Studio. Moriarty. Colin. 14 July 2014. IGN. en-US. 23 May 2017.
  7. News: Ex-Call of Duty Devs Discuss Making New Multiplayer Virtual Reality Shooter. GameSpot. 23 May 2017. en.
  8. News: Former Call of Duty Devs Create New Studio Reload to Make VR Games. GameSpot. 23 May 2017. en.
  9. Web site: World War Toons. Playstation. en-US. 23 May 2017.
  10. News: Hands on with Reload Studios' new VR FPS, World War Toons – UploadVR. 22 March 2015. UploadVR. 23 May 2017. en-US.
  11. Web site: Call Of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 Weapons And Vehicles by Taehoon Oh. 23 July 2013. Game Art Hub. 23 May 2017.
  12. Web site: TaeHoon Oh (Person) – Giant Bomb. Giant Bomb. en. 30 May 2017.
  13. Web site: Call Of Duty Ghosts Vehicles And Weapon Art by Taehoon Oh. zworks.net. en-US. 30 May 2017.
  14. Web site: Dominance War – Homepage. www.dominancewar.com. 23 May 2017.
  15. BIGUN, by Taehoon Oh. 6 February 2017. Digital Art Masters. 3. 241–243.
  16. News: Honorary Judges Moviefest. 23 May 2017. en.
  17. Web site: Extreme Makeovers GameArtisans.org. GameArtisans.org. en. 23 May 2017.
  18. Web site: Reload Studios' Taehoon Oh: From Call of Duty to Virtual Reality – The Korea Times. www.koreatimesus.com. en-US. 23 May 2017.

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