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Helen Papagiannis

Helen Papagiannis

Dr. Helen Papagiannis is recognized as a leading expert in the field of Augmented Reality (AR). She has been working with AR for nearly a decade with a focus on storytelling and creating compelling experiences in AR. Dr. Papagiannis was named among the NEXT 100 Top Influencers of the Digital Media Industry in 2013, and is featured as an innovator in the book, “Augmented Reality: An Emerging Technologies Guide to AR”, published in 2013. Her work and research in the field include her past roles as Chief Innovation Officer at Infinity Augmented Reality Inc. (New York City and Tel Aviv), and Senior Research Associate at York University’s Augmented Reality Lab in the Department of Film, Faculty of Fine Art (Toronto). She has presented her interactive work and PhD research at global conferences and invited events including TEDx (Technology, Entertainment, Design), ISMAR (International Society for Mixed and Augmented Reality) and ISEA (International Symposium for Electronic Art). Dr. Papagiannis’s TEDx 2011 talk was featured among the Top 10 Talks on Augmented Reality and Gamified Life. Prior to her augmented life, she was a member of the internationally renowned Bruce Mau Design studio where she was project lead on “Massive Change: The Future of Global Design”, an internationally touring exhibition and best-selling book examining the new inventions, technologies, and events changing the world....

Fabrizio Polo

Fabrizio Polo

Computer Vision Engineer, Orbotix, Inc. After a decade in pure mathematics, Fabrizio has joined Orbotix in the startup world, engineering new computer vision algorithms to back cutting edge augmented reality games. Originally a firmware team member, Fabrizio still contributes heavily to the robotic control system, the on-robot sensor fusion algorithms and factory calibration systems. A compulsive problem solver with a programming problem, Fabrizio rarely sees the light of day. On those rare occasions when he’s not working on his hobby language project you will find him playing disc golf....