Mark T. Bolas is a research scientist and professor known for his work in virtual reality. He serves as a Professor of Interactive Media in the

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at the

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, Director of their Interactive Narrative and Immersive Technologies Lab, Director of Mixed Reality Laboratory at USC's

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, and chairman of Fakespace Labs in

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. Bolas is currently on leave from USC, working on the Hololens team at Microsoft. In 1988, Bolas co-founded Fakespace Inc. with Ian McDowall and Eric Lorimer to build instrumentation for research labs to explore virtual reality. This work resulted in the invention of display and interaction tools used by many VR research and development centers around the world, including the BOOM (Binocular Omni-Orientation Monitor), the Pinch

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, the RAVE, the PUSH, and VLIB software. Bolas was awarded the IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award for 2005 in recognition for seminal technical achievement in virtual and augmented reality.

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Mark Bolas Personal/Professional Site
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