Richard Newcombe
VP, Research Science at Meta
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Newcombe is a VP of Research Science at Meta leading machine perception for AR and contextualized AI, with 15 years of experience spanning research, startups, and productization. He co-founded Surreal Vision and has driven end-to-end SLAM, localization, and environment-understanding systems from prototype devices to scalable device-edge-cloud services for next-generation AR glasses. His background includes a PhD in Computer Vision from Imperial College London and research roles at University of Washington and Microsoft Research, blending deep academic rigor with pragmatic engineering. Richard is a hands-on contributor to open-source tooling for visual systems, including substantive work on the well-known Pangolin library for realtime OpenGL visualization and video I/O. He operates at the intersection of hardware prototyping, calibration/benchmarking, and full-stack perception software, unusual for an executive-level researcher. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he actively recruits engineers and scientists to build production-ready AR platforms.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of EssexDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Vision, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Vision at Imperial College London
Github Skills (8)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
computer-graphics10
opengl10
platform-independent9
multiplatform9
cross-platform9
software-design8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
stevenlovegrove/Pangolin
Nov 2010 - May 2017
Pangolin is a lightweight portable rapid development library for managing OpenGL display / interaction and abstracting video input.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:40 commits in 6 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the Pangolin library, focusing on the OpenGL display and interaction management aspects, based on the commits. They implemented new features like viewport locking and refactored view methods for the `pangolin` project. Furthermore, the user worked on examples, demonstrating image display functionality and related functionalities such as setting camera projection matrices. The code changes involved modifications to core `pangolin` library files, specifically relating to viewport management and display handling.
opengl
RichardNewcombe/social-dynamics
Apr 2026 - May 2026
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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