Ruofei Du
XR Labs TL M at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRuofei Du is an XR and interactive perception leader with 12 years of experience building production-grade AI+XR systems at Google, where he manages XR Labs and leads work on WebXR, Android XR, avatars, gaze/depth sensing, and generative XR. He bridges research and product: a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Maryland with 50+ peer-reviewed publications and a portfolio of patents (6 issued, 44 pending) that have driven features like Pixel 4 depth sensing and on-device ML for AR. A frequent program committee member for CHI and UIST and an associate editor for IEEE TVT, he combines deep HCI and graphics expertise with hands-on implementation across C++, CUDA, Unity, and WebAI stacks. Known for turning prototypes into shipped samples and libraries (see XR Blocks and Android XR Unity samples), he excels at making complex perception and rendering pipelines robust for real-world platforms. Based in San Francisco, he mentors cross-functional teams and steers technical strategy from research prototypes to scalable product integrations. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of publishing across vision, graphics, and HCI venues while simultaneously driving high-impact productization at Google.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of MarylandBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chinese, English, Japanese
Github Skills (58)
webgl10
threejs10
javascript10
deploying10
geometry10
canvas10
rendering10
machine-learning10
typescript10
virtual-reality10
camera10
shadertoy10
svg10
api10
computer-graphics10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ruofeidu/MyShadertoy
Oct 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:23 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
AugmentariumLab/VarshneyWebsite
Feb 2018 - Jan 2020
Website of Professor and Dean Amitabh Varshney.
Contributions:3 PRs, 58 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 11 months
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