Virtual and Augmented Reality: A Technology Tutorial
Achin Bhowmik, CTO & EVP of Engineering, Starkey Hearing Technologies
Presentation Abstract
Virtual and augmented reality technologies have received much investment and attention in the recent years. These devices promise to deliver immersive and interactive experiences, seamlessly blend computationally-created 3D objects into the physical world, thereby enabling myriad new exciting applications. In this talk, we will review the requirements from cognitive neuroscience and human-factors considerations, provide a tutorial on the key technologies, objectively examine the “hopes and hypes”, and future trends.
Achin Bhowmik, Ph.D.
CTO & EVP of Engineering, Starkey Hearing Technologies
Adjunct Professor, Stanford University
Fellow, Society for Information Display
Dr. Achin Bhowmik is the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Engineering at Starkey Hearing Technologies, a privately-held medical devices business with over 6,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries worldwide. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the company’s technology strategy, product development and engineering departments, and is leading the drive to transform hearing aids into multifunction wearable health devices with embedded sensors and artificial intelligence technologies.
Prior to joining Starkey, Dr. Bhowmik was Vice President and General Manager of the Perceptual Computing Group at Intel Corporation. There, he was responsible for the R&D, engineering, operations, and businesses in the areas of 3D sensing and interactive computing, computer vision and artificial intelligence, autonomous robots and drones, and immersive virtual and merged reality devices. Previously, he served as the Chief of Staff of the Personal Computing Group, Intel’s largest business unit with >$30B annual revenues in 2010.
Dr. Bhowmik is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University, where he advises research and teaches courses in the areas of multisensory cognition enabled by artificial intelligence and perceptual computing. He has also held adjunct and guest professor roles at the University of California, Berkeley, Liquid Crystal Institute of the Kent State University, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar.
Dr. Bhowmik was elected as a Fellow of the Society for Information Display (SID). He serves on the Board of Trustees for the National Captioning Institute, Board of Directors for OpenCV, Executive Board for SID, and Board of Advisors for the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership at UC Berkeley. He also serves on the Board of Directors and Advisors for several technology startup companies. He received the Industrial Distinguished Leader Award from the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association. He has over 200 publications, including two books and 36 issued patents.