THE MATHEMATICAL MAGIC OF MIXED REALITY
Dr. Andrew Fitzgibbon FREng FBCS FIAPR, Partner Scientist at Microsoft
HoloLens is a self-contained wearable computer that enables you to engage with 3D virtual objects
(“holograms”) in the world around you. It is also a miracle of engineering, with speech and hand
gesture recognition and an internal positioning system that calculates its location in the world to
great accuracy with no external infrastructure. Dr. Andrew Fitzgibbon FREng FBCS FIAPR, is a
Partner Scientist at Microsoft HoloLens based in Cambridge who will talk about some of the
engineering challenges faced in building this device and show how it exemplifies the value of STEM
subjects. He will also talk more generally about the scientific and engineering challenges we face
looking to the future of such devices.
Andrew is best known for his work on 3D vision, having been a core contributor to the
Emmy-award-winning 3D camera tracker “boujou” and Kinect for Xbox 360, but his interests are broad,
spanning computer vision, graphics, machine learning, and occasionally a little neuroscience.
Contact name: cambsec@theiet.org
Date: Thursday 19 April 2018 at 18:30 hrs
Venue: Cambridge University Engineering Departrment, Trumpington Street Cambridge, CB2 1PZ
Registration: www.theiet.org/cambridge
Dr. Andrew Fitzgibbon FREng FBCS FIAPR, Partner Scientist at Microsoft
HoloLens is a self-contained wearable computer that enables you to engage with 3D virtual objects
(“holograms”) in the world around you. It is also a miracle of engineering, with speech and hand
gesture recognition and an internal positioning system that calculates its location in the world to
great accuracy with no external infrastructure. Dr. Andrew Fitzgibbon FREng FBCS FIAPR, is a
Partner Scientist at Microsoft HoloLens based in Cambridge who will talk about some of the
engineering challenges faced in building this device and show how it exemplifies the value of STEM
subjects. He will also talk more generally about the scientific and engineering challenges we face
looking to the future of such devices.
Andrew is best known for his work on 3D vision, having been a core contributor to the
Emmy-award-winning 3D camera tracker “boujou” and Kinect for Xbox 360, but his interests are broad,
spanning computer vision, graphics, machine learning, and occasionally a little neuroscience.
Contact name: cambsec@theiet.org
Date: Thursday 19 April 2018 at 18:30 hrs
Venue: Cambridge University Engineering Departrment, Trumpington Street Cambridge, CB2 1PZ
Registration: www.theiet.org/cambridge
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