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Shahram Izadi is an Iranian-born British computer scientist known for his contributions in augmented reality, computer vision, artificial intelligence, and human computer interaction.[1] He is the VP & GM of Google's AR/XR division, leading the advancement of augmented reality products and platform.[2] Previously, Izadi was CTO and co-founder of perceptiveIO, a startup acquired by Google in 2017 that specialized in real-time computer vision and AI technologies for AR/VR.[3]

At Microsoft, Izadi was a partner R&D director for 11 years where he led projects such as Holoportation and and KinectFusion and helped productize the Kinect for Xbox, Hololens, Surface Table and Microsoft Touch Mouse.[4]

Prior to that, he worked at Xerox PARC on early Ubiquitous Computing projects and obtained his PhD in Augmented Reality and Natural User Interfaces at the University of Nottingham.[5] In 2009, he made the TR35, an annual list published by MIT Technology Review magazine, naming the world's top 35 innovators under the age of 35.[6] Izadi has published over 120 research papers[7] and over 120 patents.[8]

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  1. ^ "SUI 2016". sigmr.vrsj.org. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  2. ^ Izadi, Shahram. "Shahram Izadi public linkedin profile".
  3. ^ "SUI 2016". sigmr.vrsj.org. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  4. ^ Barrett, Brian. "Microsoft Researchers Hacked Together a HoloLens and 3D Cameras to Achieve 'Holoportation'". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  5. ^ "SUI 2016". sigmr.vrsj.org. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  6. ^ "TR35: Shahram Izadi". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  7. ^ "Shahram Izadi". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  8. ^ "Google Patents". patents.google.com. Retrieved 2024-11-20.