About Our Initiative

As humans, things, and AI grow closer together, our mission is to develop responsible, scalable, and democratized technology for societal good that fosters this partnership.

Meet the team

We are experts from the fields of distributed systems, augmented reality, visual computing, and AI systems, with an ambitious vision of the future.

Dr. Thomas Rausch
Dr. Thomas Rausch
Founder, Technical Lead

Thomas is our tinkerer-in-chief. He has over ten years of experience in software and systems engineering.

Dr.<sup>in</sup> Katharina Krösl
Dr.in Katharina Krösl
Founder, AR Engineer

Katharina is our Mixed Reality expert, having several years of experience in both AR/VR research and game development.

Dr. Waldemar Hummer
Dr. Waldemar Hummer
Tech Advisor, Systems Engineer

Waldemar has a track record of leading successful engineering teams. His passion is AI and developer experience.

Prof. Schahram Dustdar
Prof. Schahram Dustdar
Strategic Advisor

Schahram is a Full Professor at the TU Wien where he heads the Distributed Systems Group.

Silvio Vasiljevic, BSc
Silvio Vasiljevic, BSc
Intern, Software Development

Silvio studies Computer Science at TU Wien and is passionate about innovation and distributed systems.

Christian Stippel, BSc
Christian Stippel, BSc
Intern, Software Development

Christian studies Visual Computing at TU Wien, loves computer vision and is a passionate programmer.

Matthias Hürbe
Matthias Hürbe
Intern, AR Engineer

Matthias studies Visual Computing at TU Wien, has been a VR game developer at Black Cell, and loves all things AR/VR.

Carmine Elvezio, PhD
Carmine Elvezio, PhD
AR Engineer

Carmine is a software engineer at Apple, with a PhD in XR focusing on rendering, vizualations and interaction techniques.