Peter Walkington
Senior Research Engineer at Meta
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolPeter Walkington is a Senior Research Engineer at Meta with a decade of hands-on experience turning early prototypes into product-ready hardware and ML-driven interaction models. He combines full-stack software, PCB/CAD, firmware, and Unity prototyping to drive novel input and EMG-based interaction work, having led cross-disciplinary teams of 15+ engineers to production-ready outcomes. Previously hired into CTRL-Labs by Meta leadership, he has bridged research and product by shipping sEMG hardware, ground-truth tooling, and ML pipelines for hand-pose prediction. Peter is also an active open-source developer in the VR space—contributing full-stack refactors and experimental brush features to the well-known Open Brush (Tilt Brush fork). Comfortable moving between low-latency FPGA systems and high-level interaction design, he pairs rigorous engineering with a knack for pitching and demoing bold ideas to leadership. Based in New York, he brings an unusual mix of trading-engine, academic research, and neurotech prototyping experience to consumer interaction design.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (with a year in industry), First Class Honours, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (with a year in industry), First Class Honours at University of YorkMathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at Pudsey Grangefield
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Github Skills (13)
virtual-reality10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
unity3d10
artwork9
artnet9
arjs8
openxr8
pandas6
time-series6
dask6
python6
dataframe6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
icosa-foundation/open-brush
Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
Open Brush is the open source, community led evolution of Tilt Brush! Forked from https://github.com/googlevr/tilt-brush
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 12 commits, 10 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily focused on refactoring and rebranding the Open Brush project, which included updating project settings and modifying application configurations. They implemented experimental brush features, enabling them both within and outside the editor environment. Additionally, the user updated file paths for exported content and Sketchfab uploads, changing the project's name and handling version updates.
brushevolutionartvirtual-realityopen-brush
PerlinWarp/pygloves
Sep 2021 - Nov 2021
Python utils for OpenGloves
Contributions:30 commits, 2 PRs, 44 pushes in 1 month
pythonpython-utilsopenvropenglovesutils
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