Omer Shapira Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Currently at NVIDIA Research, working at the AI-Mediated Reality and Interaction (AMRI) Lab.Previously: • Engineering Lead & Product Manager, Omniverse XR. Built the Omniverse XR team to 10 people, Delivered Create XR, the world's first Raytraced VR and AR engine, from inception to market. Leading embodied presence and XR in Omniverse.• Created compilers and programming tools for the Omniverse ecosystem to increase developer productivity 10x and enable new developer audiences.• Led the transformation of a large autonomous vehicle simulator (DRIVESim) from a game engine pipeline to USD and Omniverse• Pioneered and led NVIDIA's first Synthetic Data Generation framework, Isaac Data Studio. • Contributed to technical achievements in Omniverse, Isaac, DriveSim and NVIDIA's demo infrastructure.• Leading research and production in inter Human-Robot, and Human-Computer-Human interaction frameworks. • Led interdisciplinary teams of engineers, artists, and researchers for NVIDIA's realtime demos.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Acquired by The New York Times, 2016Lead Engine Developer and team leader, in charge of Virtual Reality.* Founded the VR department and saw it through acquisition by New York Times.* Built Fake Love's game engine pipeline, developing and leading integration for Fake Love's fork of Unreal Engine 4, SCM&CI pipelines, and delivery systems.* Built Fake Love's spherical video pipeline: including automated, distributed processing raw footage, camera rigs for multiple film-grade VR productions, spherical post-production pipeline (modelling, lighting, distributed rendering, compositing, QA, delivery).* Clients: New York Times, Google, Big Spaceship, Weinstein Company

London, England, Gb

Lead Engineer on Virtual Reality and Interactive Applications Projects Included:- Tony Stark’s Lab, A Mobile Virtual Reality experience that came with Samsung’s Gear VR Android headset (Client: Samsung). Lead Developer- Merrell Trailscape, a fully immersive Virutal Reality experience at Sundance Festival, 2015 (Client: Merrell). Lead Developer- Unreleased social VR app, including on-device computer vision algorithm. Lead Developer.Achievements- Realtime motion capture integration in UE4- UE4 integration of CPython and .NET Dynamic Language Runtime FFIs to enable technical artists writing scripts- OpenCV pipelines for Samsung Gear VR, 2D-to-Stereo and 2D-to-3D- Show control software for automation of motorized components with a virtual installation.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Student Research at FUSELabs. Worked on an emotional AI for dwellings.

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Created algorithmic, data-driven 3D-printable sculptures, applications for laser projectors, plugins for Grasshopper (Rhino's node-based programming environment) and hand tracker-to-robotic arm interfaces.

Givatayim, Israel, Il

Wrote, Directed and Presented the Science vertical at "NighTube" (Tzinor Layla) - Israel’s most popular late-night magazine. Served as Science correspondent for 2 years, explaining complex, seldom discussed developments and discoveries.Co-developed the show and helped it top the rating charts.

Compositor, Designer, Colorist. Worked on Films, Music Videos, Ads, and Installations.

Givatayim, Il

Magazine and Promo work. Edited for various shows in Channel 10 News, including:"Shishi" (Friday magazine), "Shabat" (Saturday magazine) - Edited magazine documentary shorts and clips."Haolam Haba" (Documentary series, 6 installments) - Created individual openers for each installment.8 O'clock News - Edited news pieces, big on style and rhythm. Specials - Created and edited various Specials between 2006 and 2009. Actively involved in Design and Format.Promo - Created and edited Promo shorts for various shows, including all Magazine shows and various Specials. Actively involved in every aspect of production.

Master'S Degree, Interactive Telecommunications Program

Visiting Researcher, Media Lab

B.Sc, Mathematics, Linguistics (Summa Cum Laude)