Ian E. McDowall

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Most Recent Affiliation(s):

Fakespace Labs

Bio:

SIGGRAPH 2014

Ian McDowall is a Principal Vision Engineer at Intuitive Surgical, as well as a principal at Fakespace Labs. At Intuitive Surgical Ian designs stereoscopic vision systems for the da Vinci Surgical System. Fakespace Labs created virtual reality tools including the Molly head-slaved camera platform, pinch gloves, immersive workbenches, as well as the Boom, Push, Fs2, Rave, and VLIB library. In 2006, he developed the Wide5, a headmounted stereoscopic display weighing less than 1 kg with a >150 degree field of view. Other projects include development of high-frame-rate projectors, light field illumination for microscopes, fast camera capture systems, and in collaboration with USC ICT “An Interactive 360 degree Light Field Display” demonstrated at SIGGRAPH 2007 Emerging Technologies.

Experience(s):

Type: [E-Tech ]
HeadSPIN: A One-to-many 3D Video Teleconferencing System
Organizer(s): [Jones ] [Lang ] [Fyffe ] [Yu ] [Busch ] [McDowall ] [Bolas ] [Debevec ]
Entry No.: [14 ]
[SIGGRAPH 2009]

Type: [E-Tech ]
An Interactive 360° Light Field Display
Organizer(s): [Jones ] [McDowall ] [Yamada ] [Bolas ] [Debevec ]
Entry No.: [01 ]
[SIGGRAPH 2007]

Type: [E-Tech ]
Snared Illumination
Organizer(s): [McDowall ] [Bolas ] [Hoberman ] [Fisher ]
Entry No.: [23 ]
[SIGGRAPH 2004]

Learning Presentation(s):

Type: [Courses ]
Put on Your 3D Glasses Now: The Past, Present, and Future of Virtual and Augmented Reality Organizer(s): [Lanman]
Presenter(s): [Lanman ] [Fuchs ] [Mine ] [McDowall ] [Abrash ]
Entry No.: [12 ]
[SIGGRAPH 2014]

Role(s):

Emerging Technologies Presenter

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