{"612134":{"#nid":"612134","#data":{"type":"event","title":"School of Industrial Design Lecture: The State of VR","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dwall.io\/\u0022\u003EDhaval Joshi\u003C\/a\u003E, Sr.\u0026nbsp;Product Manager for VR \/AR Experiences\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;Tencent, will speak on \u0026quot;The State of VR.\u0026quot; Tencent is a technology company headquartered in China.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this talk, Joshi will discuss\u0026nbsp;about why\u0026nbsp;designers need to know about virtual reality,\u0026nbsp;and give a short\u0026nbsp;overview of the\u0026nbsp;role of VR in the future of design.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAt Tencent, he\u0026nbsp;leads a team focused on\u0026nbsp;creating\u0026nbsp;new interaction experiences ranging across virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to Tencent, Joshi led a UX\u0026nbsp;Research team at Microsoft focused on developing methods\u0026nbsp;to design and quantify hardware user experience\u0026nbsp;for Microsoft Surface.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAt Nokia Research Center, he led the design and pilot of a mobile\u0026nbsp;reporting and tracking\u0026nbsp;system to track the spread of communicable disease such as malaria in southern India.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAnd before that, at Motorola India\u0026nbsp;Research Labs, Joshi explored mobile\u0026nbsp;services for emerging markets and low-income populations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis works are\u0026nbsp;published in a number of HCI\u0026nbsp;Journals\u0026nbsp;and he has spoken at international venues and\u0026nbsp;conferences such as MobileHCI, UXPA\u0026nbsp;UserFriendly,\u0026nbsp;IxDC, etc.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDoors for the lecture will open at 6 p.m. The talk will be followed by a Q \u0026amp; A.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhy do designers need to know about virtual reality? Come hear Dhaval Joshi, Sr.\u0026nbsp;Product Manager for VR \/AR Experiences\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;Tencent, talk about the\u0026nbsp;role of VR in the future of design.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Why do designers need to know about virtual reality? Come hear Dhaval Joshi, Sr. Product Manager for VR \/AR Experiences at Tencent, talk about the role of VR in the future of design."}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2018-10-01 16:52:52","changed_gmt":"2018-10-05 13:55:18","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-10-16T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2018-10-16T20:15:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-10-16T20:15:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-10-16 23:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-10-17 00:15:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-10-17 00:15:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"612203":{"id":"612203","type":"image","title":"Dhaval Joshi and VR","body":null,"created":"1538486641","gmt_created":"2018-10-02 13:24:01","changed":"1538486641","gmt_changed":"2018-10-02 13:24:01","alt":"Dhaval Joshi and VR","file":{"fid":"233042","name":"DJoshi.VR_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DJoshi.VR_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DJoshi.VR_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4286140,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DJoshi.VR_.jpg?itok=7xjjRSG0"}},"612136":{"id":"612136","type":"image","title":"Dhaval Joshi","body":null,"created":"1538412954","gmt_created":"2018-10-01 16:55:54","changed":"1538486656","gmt_changed":"2018-10-02 13:24:16","alt":"Dhaval Joshi","file":{"fid":"233025","name":"DhavalPicture.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DhavalPicture.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DhavalPicture.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":183904,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DhavalPicture.jpg?itok=994MY-cc"}}},"media_ids":["612203","612136"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1225","name":"School of Industrial Design"},{"id":"1227","name":"School of Music"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}