Summary
Harald Haraldsson is an Associate Professor of the Practice and Director of the XR Collaboratory at Cornell Tech, with eight years of focused experience in augmented reality, virtual reality, and 3D user interfaces. He designs and prototypes immersive interaction systems, leads an applied research team, and teaches AR/VR and 3D UI courses at a transdisciplinary design-technology department. His background in mechanical and control engineering (Tokyo Institute of Technology) and electrical and computer engineering (University of Iceland) informs a hands-on approach that blends robotics, computer vision, and interaction design. Prior to academia he built interactive experiences across industries as a creative technologist, and he is known for translating complex control and sensing problems into engaging, usable AR/VR prototypes.
8 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Mechanical and Control Engineering, Master's degree, Mechanical and Control Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology
B.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering, B.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Iceland (H谩sk贸li 脥slands)
Icelandic, English, Japanese