Alex Olwal, Ph.D.
Research & Engineering Leader / Product Innovation for AI and AR
Human—AI Interaction · Multimodal Interfaces · Augmented Reality · Wearables · Human—Computer Interaction · Accessibility · Interaction Technology · Ubiquitous Computing
Founded and led various teams at Google, including the Interaction Lab; Tech & Society 2024-2025, Augmented Reality 2020-2024, Research 2018-2020, ATAP 2017-2018, Wearables 2015-2017, [x] 2014-2015.
Academic research conducted at
MIT,
Columbia University,
University of California,
KTH (Royal Institute of Technology),
and Microsoft Research, with much appreciated collaborators and contributors at the same or other institutions.
Also, thank you Stanford University,
Rhode Island School of Design and
KTH for the opportunity to teach.
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Haptics with Input introduces passive and active sensing for the Linear Resonant Actuator (LRA), which is widely used in wearable and mobile devices. We demonstrate new touch and pressure sensing, and how mobile devices can sense which surfaces they are placed on. Google AI Blog: Haptics with Input -> |
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