Danke Xie
Staff Software Engineer at Samsung Research America
Milpitas, California, United States
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Top SchoolDanke Xie is a Staff Software Engineer based in Milpitas with 11 years of experience building low-level Android and Linux systems, from sensor drivers and HALs to bootloaders and TrustZone secure code. At Samsung Research America he brought up complete device stacks, optimized power and networking subsystems, and contributed to GearVR graphics and VR framework work—extending an open-source project used for VR apps. His background includes GPS and embedded systems engineering at Qualcomm, and he blends kernel/BSP expertise with mobile middleware, USB, GPS, and neural-network/NLP interests. Pragmatic and hands-on, he also prototypes robotics and SLAM solutions, demonstrating a knack for bridging embedded firmware, system software, and research-driven features.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoPeking University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
mobile-development10
android-development10
camera10
gear-vr10
opengl-es10
javascript9
c-language9
3d-graphics9
cprogramming-language9
collada8
lua7
readline6
stdio6
cygwin6
3d-models6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Samsung/GearVRf
Aug 2015 - Jul 2016
The GearVR framework(GearVRf) is an Open Source VR rendering library for application development on VR-supported Android devices.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:89 commits, 52 PRs, 407 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Danke primarily contributed to the GearVRf framework by implementing and refining features related to camera control and scene object management within the Android environment. They addressed issues related to camera rotation, including auto-detaching cameras and adding support for head-rotation sensors. The user also improved code robustness by fixing memory leaks and addressing positioning issues. Furthermore, they worked on adding support for compressed cubemaps to improve efficiency and add flexibility for content delivery.
oculus-questvirtual-realityandroid-devicessupportedandroid
gearvrf/GearVRf-Demos
Dec 2015 - Mar 2016
Collection of GearVRf demo apps
Role in this project:Mobile Developer
Mobile DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 11 PRs, 46 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Danke primarily updated the GearVRf demo applications, focusing on integrating new features and APIs. Key contributions include migrating existing model loading functionalities to utilize the new `loadModel` API, and adding functionalities like loading models from URLs. Additionally, the user incorporated improvements to the Javascript and Lua scripting samples for the GearVRf platform, by including features like a gaze cursor and text manipulation.
xposedoculus-questquestopenvrdemo-apps
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