Building a More Approachable XR Developer Experience

Join Michael as he discusses the decisions he and his team have made to build an inherently more accessible developer experience at volu.dev. 

Speaker

Michael Gutensohn

Co-Founder and CEO @Volu.dev, Previously Senior Vision Pro Software Engineer @Apple

Michael, co-founder & CEO of Volu.dev a platform to build, share, and discover spatial experiences on the open web.

Michael's career spans across both sectors, and blends both software and hardware development, from working as a prototyper at NASA JPL and KSC, to researching thermal haptics, headset design, and memory training techniques at the UC Berkeley School of Information, to most notably working as a Spatial Software Engineer on the Apple Vision Pro team.

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Date

Wednesday Nov 20 / 01:35PM PST ( 50 minutes )

Location

Pacific DEKJ

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