Peter Capak
The Immersive Future of Wearable, Human Centered Computing
Peter Capak, Meta Reality Labs
Abstract
Meta believes the future of computing will be wearable technology that interacts with you on your terms. This will allow people to concentrate on the people, tasks, and ideas that are important to them. I will start with an overview of Orion, the worlds first AR glasses we released last fall and the technologies that made it possible. I’ll then go into some of our R&D into making those glasses understand your context and interact with you on your terms.
Biography
Peter Capak has spent his career at the junction of technology and research. He is currently the Senior Director of Extended Reality Systems at Meta where he guides introduction of new technologies into wearable computing products. Peter was instrumental in development of the Orion project, the world’s first AR glasses released by Meta in October 2024. Before joining Meta, Peter ran a world class R&D team at Caltech and NASA JPL focused on using machine learning and computer vision to understand the evolution of the Universe. He has lead several key astrophysics projects including Cosmos, Euclid, and SPHEREx with a publication record in the top 1% of Space sciences.