No specific academic achievements information provided.
Research Experience
Working at JPMorgan Chase to bring these technologies into real-world use; worked at Mozilla from 2016-2020 on WebXR and related topics to ensure the web is a safe, open environment for AR/VR development; ran Aura Interactive with Maribeth Gandy.
Education
No specific educational background information provided.
Background
Currently the Head of AR/VR Research at JPMorganChase. On leave from a professorship at Northeastern University, with appointments in the School of Art+Design and Khoury College of Computer Sciences. Also an Adjunct Professor at Georgia Tech, where he worked for 23 years. Career focused on mixed reality (mainly augmented reality, but more recently also virtual reality), designing software to help non-geeks create interactive experiences. Recently, focused on social mixed reality.
Miscellany
Personal interests include playing the bagpipes, gaming (especially Overwatch and Valorant), supporting technology at his kids' schools, interested in the Climate Crisis, has done consulting through The MacMynatt Group (currently not available due to work at JPMorgan Chase), and exploring the greater Boston area.