Roy Shilkrot
Roy is a first year PhD student in the group. His interests are in augmented
user interface and interpersonal communication experiences, alongside sailing,
writing and music. He recieved his B.Sc and M.Sc in Computer Science from Tel-Aviv
University and Tel-Aviv-Yaffo College.
Among his studies, he has some 8 years of experience in Israeli high-tech
industry, both in start-ups and enterprise. Prior to the MIT Media Lab he
worked in Comverse Innovation Labs, researching and designing mobile user experience.
Current Projects
EyeRing
EyeRing
by Suranga Nanayakkara and Roy Shilkrot
EyeRing is a finger-worn personal assistant with visual analysis capabilities, that aids both visually impaird people as well as the sighted.
PoCoMo
PoCoMo
by Roy Shilkrot, Seth Hunter
PoCoMo: Projected Collaboration using Mobile devices
Sensei
Sensei
by Suranga Nanayakkara and Roy Shilkrot
A mobile interface with commons sense knowledge, designed to be used as an interactive and fun language-learning tool for children.
PalimPost
PalimPost
by Roy Shilkrot, Li Bian
PalimPost: Storing, Searching, and Sharing Digital and Physical World Information with Sticky Notes
ARTorch
ARTorch
by Roy Shilkrot
AR Torch: A handheld projected augmented reality system
Explorations
Wikilosophy
Wikilosophy
by Roy Shilkrot
Where does human knowledge emanate from?
SquishUI
SquishUI
by Roy Shilkrot
Modifying virtual models using a squishable interface
Off Axis
Off Axis
by Roy Shilkrot, Tal Tchwella
How will we interact with our world if it inhabits projected virtual objects?
StemTiles
StemTiles
by Roy Shilkrot, Forrest Green, Tarek Yazdani, Brad Crane, Li Bian
StemTiles are connectible, tileable, hexagonal forms, that can sense and talk to their neighbors.
DepthJS
DepthJS
by Aaron Zinman, Greg Elliott, Doug Fritz, Roy Shilkrot
Using depth sensors to create a gestural interface for browsing the inernet