About

Incubating new AI-powered products at Google (Google R/MI).

Previously, VP Content and Learning Products at Udacity.

• Udacity Universe
• Cybersecurity
• Kuka-Udacity Robot Learning Lab at KIT
• School of AI
• Udacity Intersect 2018

Co-founded the Google VR team, the Daydream platform, and worked on Physical Interaction research — to make user interaction more direct, intuitive, and enjoyable. Before that, worked on the Self-Driving Car at the Artificial Intelligence Lab of Stanford University, co-founded the 3D Vision Lab and Numovis Inc., a tech startup focused on motion tracking and computer vision for user interaction. I received my PhD in computer science from the Department of Computer Science of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany (Autonomous Intelligent Systems).

Updates

• (Un)folding a virtual journey

  April 14, 2016

  (Un)folding a virtual journey with Google Cardboard

  Read More →

• Google Tone: Share the way you speak

  May 20, 2015

  Broadcast any URL to computers within earshot. We launched an experimental Chrome extension for instant sharing over audio. Google Tone

  Read More →

• Google Cardboard: Seriously Fun

  December 10, 2014

  A big update today, see the Google Developers Blog. Including a shiny new Cardboard app, a great new collection on Google Play and new dev tools.

  Read More →