Jacob Donley
Research Scientist at Meta
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Donley is a research scientist at Meta Reality Labs Research (formerly Oculus Research) with 12 years of experience bridging engineering and academic inquiry. Based in Redmond, he applies a PhD-level background from the University of Wollongong and advanced study at Stanford to tackle perception, systems, and experimental problems in immersive computing. His work blends rigorous research methodology with practical implementation, contributing to Meta’s efforts to make complex virtual and augmented experiences feel natural. Colleagues know him for curiosity that spans scales—from low-level sensor and signal challenges to high-level user experience—and for translating theoretical insights into working prototypes. He combines a strong engineering foundation (B.E. Hons.) with a penchant for cross-disciplinary collaboration, often working at the intersection of hardware, software, and human factors.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) (Hon.1), Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) (Hon.1) at University of WollongongGraduate Certificate, Graduate Certificate at Stanford University
Github Skills (53)
signal-processing10
matlab10
css7
obs-studio7
raspberry-pi6
streaming6
rtmp6
rtsp6
augmented-reality6
webrtc5
audio-recorder5
rtp5
rtsp-server5
backend5
golang5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
facebookresearch/EasyComDataset
Jun 2021 - Feb 2022
The Easy Communications (EasyCom) dataset is a world-first dataset designed to help mitigate the *cocktail party effect* from an augmented-reality (AR) -motivated multi-sensor egocentric world view.
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 8 months
augmented-reality
jdonley/ASAR
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:86 commits in 10 months
spatialaudiospatial-audioaudio-recorderrecorder
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