Andy Goris

Virtual Reality headsets deliver highly immersive experiences with their real-time 3D displays and spatial audio. In spite of the amazing experience, all AR/VR headsets cause at least some level of visual discomfort. Symptoms vary from barely perceptible to severe for some people and may last minutes to hours. Symptoms may include eye strain, headache, disorientation, and nausea. This talk will go over the multiple causes of visual discomfort, how engineers are addressing these, and prospects for the future.

Biography:

Andy Goris is an electrical engineer with 40 years of experience designing computer graphics accelerators, digital cameras, and augmented reality headsets. In his career Andy worked at NASA’s Johnsons Space Center, Hewlett Packard, and Microsoft. At Microsoft, Andy worked on the HoloLens Augmented Reality computer from 2012 until he retired in 2021. Andy’s team on HoloLens specialized in the eye tracking, head tracking, and depth sensing systems as well as the front-facing color camera. Andy maintains interests in color vision in animals and humans, human perception, photography, astronomy, artificial intelligence, and ham radio. Andy’s non-engineering interests include hiking, bird watching, and Colorado’s native plants.