Alex Olwal, Ph.D.
Engineering Leader / Product Innovation, R&D and User Experience
Human—AI Interaction · Augmented Reality · Wearables · Human—Computer Interaction · Accessibility · Interaction Technology · Ubiquitous Computing
Founded and led various teams at Google, including the Interaction Lab; Tech & Society 2024-2025, Augmented Reality 2020-2024, Research 2018-2020, ATAP 2017-2018, Wearables 2015-2017, [x] 2014-2015.
Academic research conducted at
MIT,
Columbia University,
University of California,
KTH (Royal Institute of Technology),
and Microsoft Research, with much appreciated collaborators and contributors at the same or other institutions.
Also, thank you Stanford University,
Rhode Island School of Design and
KTH for the opportunity to teach.
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Wearable Subtitles facilitates communication for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals through real-time speech-to-text in the user's line of sight in a proof-of-concept eyewear display. The hybrid, low-power wireless architecture is designed for all-day use with up to 15 hours of continuous operation. Google AI Blog: Robust speech recognition in AR through infinite virtual rooms with acoustic modeling -> |
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