Shahram Izadi
Shahram Izadi is a British-Iranian computer scientist known for his contributions in extended reality, augmented reality, computer vision, human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Izadi earned his PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2004, where his research focused on natural user interfaces, augmented reality and ubiquitous computing. He worked at Xerox PARC from 2000 to 2002 on ubiquitous computing.[3][4] Izadi joined Microsoft Research in 2005, where he worked on Kinect, KinectFusion, HoloLens, PixelSense and Holoportation.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
In 2017, Izadi co-founded PerceptiveIO, a startup focused on 3D computer vision and artificial intelligence for extended reality.[13][14] The company was acquired by Google, where Izadi became Vice President and General Manager of the extended reality and augmented reality division.[15][16][17][18] Since then, Izadi has led the development of Android XR.[19][20][21] In April 2025, Izadi gave a TED talk on Android XR powered smartglasses and headsets with Gemini.[22][23][24]
He has authored approximately 170 publications and has over 40,000 citations.[25][26] In 2009, he was named on MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 (TR35) list for his work on augmented reality, natural user interfaces and surface computing.[27]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "ACM Profile". Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Hautefeuille, Olivier (2020-04-05). "Virtual Teleportation". RealTime Community. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Hands-On Computing". MIT Media Lab. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Microsoft's Holoportation lets you send Star Wars hologram messages". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Google may have merged teams working on its AR glasses". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "ACM SenSys 2013 - Keynote". sensys.acm.org. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Microsoft Demos Star Wars-Style 'Holoportation'". www.pcmag.com. PC Magazine. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Only Kinect: Microsoft boffins build Minority Report style tools". www.theregister.com. The Register. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Barrett, Brian. "Microsoft Researchers Hacked Together a HoloLens and 3D Cameras to Achieve 'Holoportation'". www.wired.com. Wired. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Microsoft Demos 'Star Wars'-Style 'Holoportation' Technology". www.cbsnews.com. CBS News. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Microsoft wants to 'holoport' you into a conversation elsewhere". www.pcworld.com. PC World. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Davids, Surur. "Multiple Hololens team members leaving to new perceptiveIO start-up". mspoweruser.com. MS Poweruser. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Microsoft Surface Hub chief, Holoportation researchers leave to form stealth startup". www.zdnet.com. ZDNET. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Google are expanding their strategic research partnership on Artificial Intelligence". www.eurekalert.org. EurekAlert!. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "CV4ARVR 2019 Program". xr.cornell.edu. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Google launch strategic research partnership in Saarbrücken, Germany". saarland-informatics-campus.de. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Magic Leap and Google Are Entering into a Partnership to Advance the Potential of XR Technologies". www.magicleap.com. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Android XR". www.android.com. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Gurman, Mark. "Google Unveils Mixed-Reality Headset With Samsung, Taking on Apple and Meta". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Android XR: The Gemini era comes to headsets and glasses". blog.google. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Shahram Izadi: The next computer? Your glasses?". ted.com. TED. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ Fried, Ina. "Google shows new AR glasses, VR headset at TED". www.axios.com. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Fink, Charlie. "TED Reveals From OpenAI, Google, Meta Heads To Court, Selfie With Myself". www.forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Google Scholar Profile". Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "DBLP Profile". dblp.org. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Shahram Izadi: Innovators Under 35". www.innovatorsunder35.com. MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 13 April 2025.