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Alex Hill

Alex Hill

Alex Hill PhD is Chief Scientist at Merlin Mobility where he leads the development of Merlin’s web-based Alchemy AR content authoring and deployment suite, which makes extensive use of the Unity Game Engine. Dr. Hill received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory, the birthplace of the CAVE virtual reality room. There he leveraged virtual reality to prototype the development of augmented reality user interfaces and 3D WYSIWYG interfaces for their authoring. Before joining Merlin, Alex completed a fellowship working at the Augmented Environments Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology directed by Blair MacIntyre. During his tenure at Georgia Tech, he led the development effort of Argon, the augmented reality browser based exclusively on web standards such as HTML5, CSS3 and KML. Dr. Hill has been published in peer reviewed conferences and journals including MIT’s Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces and the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality. He is a frequent volunteer reviewer, contributor to AR standards efforts and recently chaired the W3C Points of Interest working group. Company: Merlin Mobility http://www.merlinmobility.com Related Products: Alchemy Studio AR development suite...

Artefacto

Artefacto

Discover a New reality with ARTEFACTO’s services and products ARTEFACTO is a benchmark for virtual reality, augmented reality (AR) and 3D visualisation on Android and iOS applications useable on your tablets and smartphones. Created in 1998 by Valérie Cottereau and Erwan Mahé, both trained architects, our company has put all its expertise into the design and production of 3D communication tools. With 15% of its workforce dedicated to R&D, the company established in France and the USA. ARTEFACTO offers a range of products and services for the groundbreaking communication of the future on a national and international scale. Our apps are adaptable to both indoor and outdoor presentations for users to visualize their scale 1:1 project with realistic effects in 3D AR, at any time and in any circumstances. The key purposes of these applications are conceiving, experimenting, sharing, communicating and convincing. They apply to a large spectrum of sectors such as Architecture, Design, Real-Estate, Construction, Culture, Transportation, Regulatory Planning, Heritage, etc. This must-tool is so realistic and easy-to-use that it is truly revolutionizing project conceptions, presentations and sales. OUR SERVICES: 3D modeling Augmented Reality on Plan Augmented Reality on Site Outdoor 3D views Indoor 3D views Axonometric views Plan texturing 3D films 360° views 3D Touchscreen Navigation 3D pedestrian and aerial views OUR PRODUCTS: OUR PRODUCTS: Customized Applications for Smartphones and Tablets URBASEE Project Application for nice and easy indoor presentations URBASEE Future Application for nice and easy outdoor presentations http://www.artefacto.fr Verticals Urban, Architecture & Construction, Print, Media & Entertainment, Commerce & Retail, Museums & Art, Military & Emergency Response, Enterprise & Industrial Platforms Mobile, Projection, Gesture Device, Location Tech Products AR on tracker + AR on site for iOS & Android tailor-made applications Urbasee Future/ Urbasee Project...

Atheer Labs

Atheer Labs

Atheer is the pioneer in Augmented interactive Reality™ (AiR), combining the power of 3D augmented reality with gesture-based computing interaction to unlock human productivity. Atheer’s award-winning AiR SmartGlasses are the industry’s only mobile, gesture-controlled see-through smart glasses that allow users to view critical workflow information overlaid onto the real world, making it possible for users to interact with data in a natural way and collaborate with their peers like never before. Leveraging the Atheer AiR Platform, independent developers and companies around the world are now creating next-generation productivity applications for use across the enterprise. The technology breaks the display size barrier to create an experience that is more immersive than a tablet and more portable than a smartphone. Atheer has patented ergonomic benefits that can improve visual comfort and performance by adjusting to each person’s specific characteristics. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, CA and is comprised of an interdisciplinary team of experts in computer vision, user ergonomics and beyond. http://www.atheerlabs.com...

cThru.us

cThru.us

cThru.us is a next generation SaaS platform that enables Augmented Reality (AR) and iBeacon driven marketing and promotion services for mid to small businesses with zero upfront cost. The company’s core mission is to empower SMBs with ability to launch campaigns using AR and proximity based beacon technologies. We provide an out-of-the-box solution (app and backend) that allows business owners to communicate with their prospects and customers via beacons and interactive print materials. In just few minutes, businesses can launch timely local promotions by enabling their direct mail with Augmented Reality units and turning their location into a streaming billboard via iBeacons. cThru, our gateway app, delivers onsite promotions directly into end-customer phones. Businesses can always customize the app or use our SDK to integrate within their branded app. http://cthru.us Verticals Advertising & Brand Engagement, Print, Media & Entertainment, Commerce & Retail, Education & Training, Museums & Art Platforms Mobile Products cThru.us App...

GlassUp

GlassUp

We’re developing AR eyeglasses. http://www.glassup.net Verticals Health, Sports & Recreation, Enterprise & Industrial Platforms Eyewear Products GlassUp eyeglass...

Kaleido

Kaleido

Prometheus Kaleido Beijing Technology is established in January, 2014. With talented 3D artists and AR technical engineer, Kaleido is developing apps mainly for mobile devices, such as iOS, Android, and so on. Kaleido’s business target is to present the best quality of AR contents and apps which include the entertainment, education, advertising, etc to the worldwide users. http://www.kaleidotec.com Verticals All Verticals Platforms Mobile Products AR applications for iOS...

Fatemeh Khatibloo

Fatemeh Khatibloo

Fatemeh Khatibloo is a senior analyst in Forrester’s Customer Insights practice. Her research focuses on the shifting personal data ecosystem, including why enterprises must take a proactive, contextually defined approach to consumer data collection and use. Her seminal research on Personal Identity and Data Management (PIDM) describes how consumers will soon manage the sharing of their personal data with each other and with businesses. Her report, “Adaptive Intelligence,” further defines a framework for privacy-compliant data sharing between organizations to gain insight, reduce risk, and increase profitability. Fatemeh’s research has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, AllThingsD, CNBC, and AdAge. She has contributed to the Harvard Business Review and Financial Times, provided commentary on NPR and the BBC, and been credited in the World Economic Forum’s “Rethinking Personal Data” report. She is a frequent speaker at industry and client events, including SxSW, DataWeek, and PrivacyIdentityInnovation....

Cecilia Abadie

Cecilia Abadie

When she’s not busy getting the first ticket for driving with Google Glass and fighting it in court, Cecilia is a passionate evangelist about everything digital, a Google Glass Explorer, and a pioneer who spreads the word about wearable devices and the many ways they can change our world. As the founder and CTO of Byte an Atom, she is part of a global development team that researches and develops wearable and mobile applications to deliver experiences that innovate and disrupt the personal and the enterprise realms. Cecilia was born in Argentina and raised in Uruguay, which is where she got her Master Degree on Information Systems, and where she began her career as an international software consultant and developer....

Jan Rabaey

Jan Rabaey

Jan Rabaey holds the Donald O. Pederson Distinguished Professorship at the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department of the University of California at Berkeley. After receiving his Ph.D degree in applied sciences from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, he joined UC Berkeley in 1983 as a Visiting Research Engineer. From 1985 until 1987, he was a research manager at IMEC, Belgium. Professor Rabaey has created and/or directed a number of high-impact research centers, including the Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC), the FCRP multi-university Gigascale Systems (GSRC) and MultiScale Systems (MuSyC) Research Centers, and most recently the Berkeley Ubiquitous Swarm Lab. He is also the executive director of the MAS-IC program, the first fully online degree program offered by UC Berkeley engineering. He is the recipient of a wide range of awards, amongst which the IEEE CAS Society Mac Van Valkenburg Award, the European Design Automation Association (EDAA) Lifetime Achievement award, and the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) University Researcher Award. He is an IEEE Fellow and a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences and Arts of Belgium. In 2012, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Lund, Sweden. He has been involved as an advisor with a number of start-up companies and ventures, including Epic, Morphics, Sonics, Sequence, Simplex, ViMicro, Flarion, Cortera Neurotechnology and others. He serves on the advisory board of a broad range of semiconductor, design technology and wireless companies. His current research interests include the conception and implementation of next-generation integrated wireless systems, as well as exploring the interaction between the cyber and the biological world....

Jeff Bier

Jeff Bier

Jeff Bier is founder of the Embedded Vision Alliance. The Alliance is an industry partnership formed to enable the market for embedded vision technology by inspiring and empowering design engineers to create more capable and responsive products through the integration of vision capabilities. Jeff is also co-founder and president of Berkeley Design Technology, Inc. (BDTI), a trusted resource for independent analysis and specialized engineering services in the realm of embedded digital signal processing technology. Jeff oversees BDTI’s benchmarking and analysis of chips, tools, and other technology. Jeff is also a key contributor to BDTI’s consulting services, which focus on product-development, marketing, and strategic advice for companies using and developing embedded digital signal processing technologies....

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