William Bricken
About William Bricken
Affiliations
- University of Washington, Principal Scientist
Bio
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Dr. William Bricken is the Principal Scientist at the Human Interface Technology Lab at the University of Washington, where he is designing and implementing the Virtual Environment Operating System and the interactive tools of the VR environment. His prior positions include Director of the Autodesk Research Lab, which developed the Cyberspace CAD application of virtual reality, and Principal Scientist at ADS, where he pioneered high-performance interface engines, visual programming systems. and instructable interfaces. Dr. Bricken holds a multidisciplinary PhD in Research Methodology, Education (DipEd, Monash Australia), and Psychology from Stanford, and degrees in Statistics (MS Stanford), Education (DipEd, Monash Australia), and Social Psychology (BA, UCLA). He specializes in experiential mathematics and void-based computation.
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Roles
- Course Presenter
- Emerging Technologies Jury Member
- Immersive Pavilion (VR Village) Jury Member
- Panel Presenter
- Special Session Presenter
- Technical Paper Presenter
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