The State of Virtual Reality

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Tuesday October 16, 2018
      6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
  • Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium, East Architecture Building
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Contact

Sara Harwood
sara.harwood@design.gatech.edu

Summaries

Summary Sentence: A visiting designer speaks about virtual reality and augmented reality.

Full Summary: A visiting designer speaks about virtual reality and augmented reality.

Dhaval Joshi is Sr. Product Manager for VR /AR Experiences at Tencent, where he leads a team focused on creating new interaction experiences ranging across Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and AI.

Prior to Tencent, Dhaval led UX Research team at Microsoft focusing on developing methods to design & quantify hardware user experience for Microsoft Surface. At Nokia Research Center, he led the design and pilot of a mobile reporting and tracking system to track the spread of communicable disease such as malaria in southern India, while at Motorola India Research Labs, Dhaval explored mobile services for emerging markets and low-income population.

His works are published in a number of HCI Journals and talks at international venues and conferences such as MobileHCI, UXPA UserFriendly, IxDC etc. This event is free and open to the public. Presented by the School of Industrial Design.

Doors open at 6pm.

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  • Created By: Kristen Bailey
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Oct 1, 2018 - 1:57pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 1, 2018 - 1:57pm