Violet teaches tangible and spatial computing courses at Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Michigan. At Columbia, she helped launch a new master’s program called Computational Design Practices. Outside of academia, she co-leads a group called Architechie, a network for urban technologists. Violet has been a Director of Product and an Associate Director of Design at Sidewalk Labs, the Google initiative focused on building future cities. LinkedIn→
William researches “Spatial AI” at Columbia University, the applications of artificial intelligence to spatial reasoning, design, and experience. Originally trained as an architect, he has held roles as an interaction designer, software engineer, professor (at Yale and NYIT), and head of product. Most recently, he served as director of AI at Consensys, a web3 and blockchain software company. LinkedIn→
Isamu is a black-and-tan shiba inu. She helps manage our quadruped robot program. Instagram→
About
Spatial Pixel is building a new kind of spatial computing – one for your space, not for your face. We are Violet Whitney and William Martin, both design researchers, technologists, and professors working out of Philadelphia, PA and New York City, NY.
As a research and design studio, our mission is “to empower people with digital and spatial agency.” To us, this means giving everyone more control over our relationships with technology, turning our attentions away from screens, and enhancing our real-world, tangible experiences.
And we’re doing this by teaching computers to “speak human” with artificial intelligence and spatial computing. Think mixed reality without the glasses. ;-)