Parth Arora Email & Phone Number

Cupertino, California, Us

Incoming SWE at Apple VPG (Vision Products Group) to do R&D. Starting June 2025

Building software and interactions for v1 of Augmented Reality Raven Glass!

Stanford, Ca, Us

Working on AR/VR engineering projects under Jeremy Bailenson

Paris, Ile De France, Fr

Incoming researcher with UNSECO Chair of AI and XR

Got Acquired in April 2024 - Third Dimension Fitness gamified at-home cardio routines using mixed reality. Think of it as playing Temple Run in real life. Hop on a treadmill, put on an Oculus, and experience your real-world environment blended into a fun, engaging, and safe mixed-reality workout. - Captured the majority of niche of a niche market of prosumers who owned both VR headsets and home treadmills, solidifying market leadership in a rapidly growing segment. - Gained power users with 100+ WAU within the first two months, achieving high retention and engagement in a highly specialized audience. - Reduced customer acquisition costs and streamlined operational expenses, reaching a 20% profit margin (net) per customer, profiting from every single customer within three months of monetization. - Raised a pre-seed on SAFE and were bound to close a $1M valuation seed round before the acquisition. - Ran enterprise sales cycles and achieved pilots with 2 mid-sized gym chains before the acquisition. - Built the product from scratch in the early days of the industry and created proprietary content with support from advisors from Netflix, Disney, Nike, and rigorous consumer behavior tracking, significantly boosting retention. - Developed custom generative AI models to dynamically create infinite, story-driven 3D content, built on proprietary assets and activity tracking data from over 1,000+ customers to meet prosumers' constant demand for new content.- Got acquired primarily for proprietary content and generative AI experience that had proven to work and deliver high retention despite significant friction for target customer.

Cupertino, California, Us

• Contributed to the R&D (Research & Development) wing of VPG (Vision Products Group), leveraging AI and AR to prototype and develop efficient, intelligent, impactful experiences as a software engineer.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Leading the head-worn display projects partnered with Google within the Contextual Computing Lab alongside Dr. Thad Starner, the pioneering inventor of Google Glass, to define parameters and build an operating system for ideal everyday wear AR Glasses.• Working with Dr. Jennifer Kim and Sehoon Ha to create Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence solutions aimed at developing job simulations tailored for autistic children.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

• Earned admission into the prestigious Oculus Start program, an exclusive initiative for chosen developers tasked with crafting apps for Oculus.• Created and delivered numerous apps and experiences on the Meta Quest Platform, showcasing a strong track record of development.• Worked with the Meta Developer Relations team to enhance their developer SDK, offering valuable feedback to refine the platform.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Contributed to Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard acquired by Microsoft, enhancing the efficiency of the DevOps team by developing tailored scripts to automate and optimize management processes.• Pioneered the creation of a robust toolset to facilitate the efficient administration of the Central Technology Team.• Employed REST APIs, custom SQL databases, and advanced web scraping techniques to collect and manage data, ensuring accurate status updates for hundreds of plugins within their ecosystem.

Atlanta, Ga - Georgia, Us

• Led a core project to build an interactive and tranquil environment for meditation in Virtual Reality.• Implemented Mechanical Interactions in Multiple Scenes to create a smooth, calm and pleasing environment for the end user.• Collaborated with Marketing, Design, User Experience, and Executive team to fine-tune the project and make it production ready.

Atlanta, Ga - Georgia, Us

• Developed multiple features for Virtual Reality Meditation Company ZenVR as a summer intern.• Helped in debugging and doing QA testing and fixing bugs in the existing product.• Worked on projects to be integrated as features directly into the application.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Worked on building a proprietary 3D gaming engine equipped with an NFT marketplace & no-code creator tools that enable players to construct their own 3D worlds and mini games.• Assisted creating Mappa City that enables players to earn NFTs & cryptocurrency by joining multiplayer scavenger hunts in gamified versions of real cities.

• Worked as CTO at a seed stage Startup leveraging Virtual Reality to help the elderly combat isolation.• Developed and designed the MVP for VR headsets to provide fully immersive experience for our target audience.

• Built a Startup by creating a Learning Social Network App• Raised $10k+ Pre Seed Funds for taking project from MVP to PMF• Served 1000+ Customers in first month after hiring of 10+ member team with a 4.9 ratings on Play Store• Designed UI/UX for 100+ pages across app and websites• Coded full functionality of our website• Mentored 30+ students to start their own entrepreneurial ventures• Hired 10+ Members after interviewing 100+ candidates• Presented business opportunities to CEOs and executives of5+ Corporates including multibillion dollar organisations likeJio, UNICEF India, Vodaphone, Allen etc.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Supervised a team of 20 to raise $300,000 in a semester for Georgia Institute of Technology's Alumni Fund

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Fund-raising from past alumni to sponsor research, scholarships and student-life programs

• Lead a project to digitalize an Education Institute, Charcoal Studios, India• Designing a full-stack online test portal to create online exams and answer sheets, attempt them, and review the student responses on the portal• Deployed the web application using Python Flask for backend and JavaScript for front-end• Currently working on bug-fixing and beta-testing and adding more features to give a finishing touch to the project.

In

• Worked as a Front-End Web Developer at Netpixel Technologies, India• Designed and programmed websites for as personal projects for businesses like coaching centres, restaurants, clinics, etc.• Used combinations of HTML, CSS, Bootstrap and JavaScript for multiple projects.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, In

Authored 2 fiction novels with combined length of 350+ pagesat the age of 13 and 14• Awarded the title by Indian Achievers book of Records andChildren’s Record books in2017• Sold 1000+ copies online and via attending book fairs

Cardiff, Gb

• Led a 5 member team for an experiment to be tested in zero gravity in the ISS while being mentored by NASA Scientists• Built a project to use a type of Yeast to convert unwanted gases, in the ISS, to elements for therapeutic considerations

• Created working shoes that generate electricity while walking tocharge power banks, mobiles, or batteries• Presented at National Science Fair and reached Finalist round.

Singapore, Sg

• Represented India at Singapore for Urban sustainability fellowship for in-depth study of sustainability measures implemented by Singapore authorities

Undergraduate, Computer Science

Engineering

Cbse, High School

Non Medical (Cbse Class 12)