Computational and Technology Directions for Augmented Reality Systems

Topic: 
Computational and Technology Directions for Augmented Reality Systems
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Venue: 
Gates B03 **This talk is only available on live-stream video or in-person
Speaker: 
Sha Rabii - Vice President, Head of Silicon and Technology Engineering - Facebook
Abstract / Description: 

**This talk is only available on live-stream video or in-person. Video recording and slides will NOT be available on this website after the talk**

Augmented Reality (AR) is a set of technologies that will fundamentally change the way we interact with our environment by enhancing the way we perceive the world. It represents a merging of the physical and the digital domains into a rich, context aware and accessible user interface delivered in real-time through a socially acceptable form factor, such as eyeglasses. AR has the potential to greatly expand the frontiers of human experience, opening new unexplored areas of interdisciplinary applications spanning connecting with family and friends, augmenting our senses, remote presence, productivity, entertainment, education, medical, industrial, and others. To move us in the right direction, key challenges such as managing power consumption and determining an acceptable thermal envelope must be addressed.

Bio: 

Dr. Rabii is Vice President and Head of Silicon and Technology Engineering at Facebook where he has established and scaled the silicon engineering and technology engineering organizations with a focus on AR and VR products. His teams push the frontier on computation, artificial intelligence, communication interfaces, sensing and display technologies. Prior to Facebook he held senior leadership positions at Google where he founded the silicon engineering and the technology engineering groups. His teams delivered the Pixel Visual Core, the Titan Secure Element and many other components into Google’s consumer hardware products and data centers. Dr. Rabii was founder or member of the founding team at Arda Technologies, Aeluros and Atheros Communications. He earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1998.