Pierre-Yves Laffont

Director Research Scientist @Meta Reality Labs. Previously co-founder and CEO @Lemnis Technologies

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

About

Experience

  • Director Research Scientist at Meta Reality Labs - Codec Avatars at Meta
    Feb 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

    Bring the world closer together by redefining communication while we are apart, through immersive social telepresence and photorealistic Codec Avatars

  • Co-founder and CEO at Lemnis Technologies
    Dec 2016 - Jan 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    We're a global team of scientists and engineers on a mission to make VR/AR/MR viable as the next computing platforms. We eliminate the eye strain and visual discomfort that plague today's technology, finally making it usable for extended periods for applications beyond gaming.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich
    Mar 2014 - Sep 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Research in Visual Computing to build the next-generation immersive 3D telepresence systems. Group leader: Markus Gross

  • Visiting Researcher at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    Jun 2014 - Aug 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Visiting postdoctoral fellow at the BeingThere Centre, exploring next-gen 3D telepresence

  • Postdoctoral researcher at Brown University
    Nov 2012 - Feb 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Group leader: James Hays