Summary
Gary Chien is a software engineer based in New York with 11 years of experience delivering interactive computer vision and mixed-reality projects. He currently builds at Google, applying real-time software engineering to large-scale systems since 2022, after leading AR research and computer vision explorations at academia and early startups. His prior work includes developing a Microsoft HoloLens app to communicate robot intent and advancing human-robot interaction through voice commands and holographic teleoperation. He has hands-on experience across computer vision, AR interfaces, and software development for desktop and XR platforms, dating back to early roles in Brown University Graphics Lab and FIRST Robotics mentoring. He is passionate about blending real and virtual worlds to augment perception, with a track record of turning research into tangible, user-centric interfaces. Based in NYC, he combines a curiosity for new technologies with a pragmatic software mindset, contributing to teams that ship reliable, interactive experiences at scale.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
English, Chinese