Hayes Raffle is an award-winning innovator of products that nurture learning, creative expression, and interpersonal communication. He is Principal Designer on Google's LearnX team, and an Edmund Hillary Fellow developing new technologies for social impact.Hayes formerly served as the overall UX lead for Google's AR Devices program, and helped create consumer AR and VR products including Google Daydream VR and Google Glass. He has been awarded over 70 US utility and design patents for his inventions including the core patents for Google Glass, eye tracking for user interfaces, AR & VR input methods and VR UI patterns which quickly became the industry standard 3 DoF immersive computing.In 2018, Hayes spent a year traveling and researching technology use throughout the world. In his prior academic pursuits, Hayes earned a Ph.D. and M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab, and a B.A. in fine art from Yale. In his research, Hayes authored over 40 peer-reviewed academic publications in the areas of tangible media, technologies for learning, and virtual and augmented reality. His work in Family Communication at Nokia Research set a foundation new technologies for young children to connect with long-distance loved ones. Hayes' mass-produced educational toys include the award-winning Topobo and ZOOB® building systems, which have become classic tools for informal play-based learning for over 25 years.Hayes' design and art have shown in Europe, Asia and the United States. Various projects have been featured by CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The NY Times, The Tonight Show, ID Magazine, and other major publications.