Eric Whitmire

Eric Whitmire's personal website identifies him as a Research Scientist at Meta and a research tech lead building end-to-end systems that connect wearable sensing, robotics, and embodied intelligence. His earlier work focused on wristbands, rings, and gloves for augmented reality and smart glasses, spanning hardware, embedded software, signal processing, and machine learning; more recent work translates human activity and dexterity into representations and policies.

He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Washington Ubiquitous Computing Lab under Shwetak Patel. NC State's official report and the Park Scholarships page confirm his dual bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering and his Park Scholar and Goldwater Scholar honors.

Representative work includes AuraRing for electromagnetic finger tracking, the Haptic Revolver reconfigurable VR controller, EyeContact scleral-coil eye tracking, and SpiroCall phone-based lung-function measurement; these projects are listed on his research and publications page.

• Current (start year not confirmed by a first-party source) | Meta (Reality Labs Research) | Research Scientist and Research Tech Lead
  • His personal website says that he works at Meta as a research tech lead building end-to-end systems connecting wearable sensing, robotics, and embodied intelligence; no start year is inferred from the third-party profile.
• Doctoral period (dates not confirmed by a first-party source) | University of Washington Ubiquitous Computing Lab | Computer Science & Engineering Ph.D. Student
  • Advised by Shwetak Patel and researching wearable and on-body sensing for virtual and augmented reality; see his historical CV.
• Undergraduate period (dates not confirmed by current first-party sources) | North Carolina State University | Undergraduate researcher
  • Worked on insect-biobot research in the iBionicS Lab; this early research is documented by NC State's official report.

• Award year not independently confirmed | University of Washington | Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering
  • Ubiquitous Computing research advised by Shwetak Patel; the historical CV identifies the advisor and the personal website confirms that he earned the Ph.D.
• Award year not independently confirmed | North Carolina State University | Dual B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
  • Park Scholar; received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for 2013–2014, documented by the College of Engineering report and the Park Scholarships page.

• 2018: CHI 2018 Honorable Mention for Haptic Revolver.
• 2017: Adobe Research Fellowship.
• 2016: ISWC 2016 Best Paper Award for EyeContact.
• 2014: National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship.
• 2013: Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
• 2010: Park Scholarship.

The awards and years are listed on his personal website and historical CV; the Goldwater and Park honors are additionally documented by NC State and Park Scholarships.

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