Photo Event Recap: Niantic Augmented Reality Research Lead and Samsara/Mapbox Product Panel

Sponsored by Epic—a mobile wallet and self-checkout app that incorporates computer vision and augmented reality—the recent Niantic Augmented Reality event saw a lively and engaging Fireside chat and panel, discussing the current state and what’s on the horizon.

The outstanding companies that joined us:

• Pokemon Go Creator Niantic Shows Off The Future of Augmented Reality
• Samsara Raises $50M in Funding; Valued at $1.4 Billion to provide a comprehensive solution for large-scale deployments of connected sensors
• Mapbox raises $164M to expand its location platform to cars, VR, AR and Asia
• Sturfee has developed the world’s leading city-scale VPS using cutting edge advancements in satellite imaging, deep learning, geometrical computer vision, and big data

Our Panel

Ross Finman
Augmented Reality Research Lead at Niantic
Co-founder and CEO at Escher Reality
Master's Degree and Ph.D., Robotics, MIT; B.S., Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Miroslav Lysyuk
Product Manager for Camera Sensors at Samsara
Augmented Reality Product Lead at Mapbox
Product Manager, Partner at Thinktiv
Product Manager atUNSEEN
B.A., Anthropology, International Studies, University of Chicago

Miroslav is a product expert at the intersection of camera technology, location data and AR experiences. He’s currently a product manager at Samsara building the next generation of computer-vision technology for connected operations and until recently ran Mapbox’s location-based augmented reality team.

Prior to Samsara and Mapbox, Miroslav helped launch and transform several businesses spanning Autonomous Vehicle HD mapping to emotional intelligence training games.

Moderator Sheng Huang
Head of Business Operations & Partnerships at Sturfee
Head of Product at REVL Ltd
User Operations at Niantic
Local Product Incubation, Operations Strategy at Google
M.B.A., London Business School; B.S., Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Photo Gallery

Photos Courtesy Jesse Van Fleet

Miroslav Lysyuk speaking at the event

Ross Finman speaking at the AR event

Ross Finman, left, and moderator Sheng Huang

Audience members asking questions at the recent AR event.

Audience members awaiting for the Fireside Chat to start at the recent AR event.

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