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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Shape Displays: Spatial Interaction with Dynamic Physical Form | ||||||||||||
Physical Telepresence uses shape capture and display to physically enhance interactions with remote people and environments. inFORM dynamically changes material and form to continuously adapt the physical and virtual interface to user interactions. Sublimate explores rapid and fluid transitions between physical and visual representations of dynamic digital content. Jamming User Interfaces enable programmable stiffness, haptic feedback and deformation, for new types of flexible and shape-changing interactions. |
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