Blair Macintyre - Professor at Northeastern University

Blair Macintyre

Professor at Northeastern University

Westwood, Massachusetts, United States

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Blair Macintyre is a professor and long-time XR researcher who has led immersive technology efforts across academia and industry, most recently as Global Head of Immersive Technology Research at JPMorgan Chase and as a professor at Northeastern and Georgia Tech. He combines deep technical expertise in AR/VR systems and WebXR with a strong focus on socio-technical design, privacy, ethics, and practical, evaluated deployments. Blair has shaped WebXR standards and built prototype tools such as a WebXR-enabled iOS browser, contributed to prominent open frameworks like A-Frame, and founded consultancy MacMynatt Group to advise on applied XR and expert witness work. Equally at home teaching introductory programming and game design as he is running corporate research programs, he brings a rare mix of hands-on engineering, standards-level influence, and cross-disciplinary storytelling. Based in Boston, he balances technical leadership with creative pursuits — from bagpipes to competitive gaming — reflecting a curiosity that drives interdisciplinary innovation.

11 years of coding experience

17 years of employment as a software developer

Bachelor of Mathmatics, Computer Science, Bachelor of Mathmatics, Computer Science at University of Waterloo - St. Jerome's University

PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Columbia University

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Github Skills (15)

html10

aframe10

javascript10

virtual-reality10

webvr10

3d9

webxr9

argon6

threejs6

vuforia6

opentk6

android6

accelerometer6

3d-reconstruction6

augmented-reality6

Programming languages (19)

C#JavaBikeshedCSSC++RustTeXMakefile

Github contributions (5)

aframevr/aframe

Jul 2016 - Oct 2016

:a: Web framework for building virtual reality experiences.

Role in this project:

Front-end Developer

Contributions:6 commits, 5 PRs, 14 comments in 2 months

Contributions summary:Blair's commits focus on enhancing the A-Frame web framework, which is used for building virtual reality experiences. They addressed an issue related to browser compatibility by checking for the existence of `navigator.getGamepads` and made corrections to the code. Further contributions involved fixing explicit uses of 'a-scene' and refactoring the code to improve its functionality. These modifications demonstrate active involvement in improving the core components of the VR framework.

unitydaydreamcannonjsvirtualrealityaugmented-reality

realitymediabook/realitymediabook.github.io

Apr 2021 - May 2022