Publications, Education & Experience

Publications

In-Situ Wireless Channel Visualization Using AR & Ray Tracing

Sensors (MDPI) · 2020 · DOI: 10.3390/s20030690 ↗

X-Reality: AR meets IoT

IEEE INFOCOM Workshops · 2018 · IEEE Xplore ↗

AR Facet Mapping Technique for Ray Tracing Applications

ICDT 2018 · Best Paper Award · IARIA Program ↗

Beginning Windows Mixed Reality Programming (2nd Ed.)

Apress · 2021 · SpringerLink ↗ · Amazon ↗

View all on Google Scholar ↗

Education

MS, Electrical Engineering

Texas State University · 2016 – 2018 · X-Reality Lab · Research Fellowship

BE, Electronics & Communication

VVCE, Mysuru, India · 2011 – 2015

Experience

XR + AI Researcher & Systems Thinker Current

VeeRuby Inc. · Oct 2025 – Present · Leading Harmony research

Program Manager

Ong Innovations · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025 · Enterprise XR deployment

Product Manager

Ong Innovations · Jul 2023 – Aug 2024 · XR+AI product design and evaluation

CEO

VeeRuby Technologies · Apr 2022 – Jun 2023 · XR/AI product and team leadership

Director of Strategic Programs

VeeRuby Technologies · Apr 2021 – Mar 2022 · Enterprise XR advisory

Project Manager

Ong Innovations · Mar 2020 – Mar 2021 · XR system lifecycle management

Lead Software Engineer

Ong Innovations · Jan 2019 – Feb 2020 · Core XR system development

Research Associate

Texas State University · Dec 2016 – Dec 2018 · X-Reality Lab, AR+IoT research

Recognition

Best Paper Award, IARIA ICDT 2018

ICDT 2018 · Athens, Greece · AR Facet Mapping Technique for Ray Tracing Applications

SiliconIndia 10 Best AR/VR Companies Recognition

VeeRuby Technologies · 2021 · SiliconIndia ranking

Elevate Unnati Grant, 2021

Elevate Unnati grant from Startup Karnataka for LabXR under VeeRuby Technologies · SiliconIndia profile

Ecosystem Recognition

Beyond Bengaluru, STEP-SJCE, VentureX, and Mysuru community felicitations.

Talks & Workshops

AR/VR Workshop

University of Waterloo · immersive technology and applied XR development.

Campus AR/VR Talks

Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering and PES College of Engineering, Mandya · XR career paths, systems thinking, and prototype development.


Activity Log

2026(3)

Harmony One — System Design

Reference architecture · Perception → Cognition → Memory → Action

Research

Mentor — World Models in Action Hackathon

Fort Mason, San Francisco · Mar 2026

LinkedIn post Mentoring

Confidential Spatial Computing Platform — Technical Due Diligence

Reviewed developer tooling, documentation quality, and system architecture patterns · NDA

Work
2025(2)

Limitless VR — Product Manager

Led product strategy and system-level architecture decisions

Work

Confidential XR Developer Competition — Evaluation Systems Support

Structured evaluation workflows and submission review · NDA

Work
2024(1)

Gorillazilla XR Game Dev Course — Contributor & Assistant

Supported development and delivery of XR training modules

Education
2023(1)

Beginning Windows Mixed Reality Programming published

Apress · 2nd edition · Co-authored with Sean Ong · ISBN 978-1-4842-7103-2

SpringerLink Publication
2022(5)

VeeRuby product development

XR education and applied product work

Work

Started VeeRuby USA

Expanded operations to the United States

Work

Ecosystem Felicitations

STEP-SJCE, VentureX, SJCE, and Mysuru community recognition.

Award

Microsoft Mixed Reality Documentation — Advanced Modules

Azure ML integration · System-level XR + AI workflows

Docs

XR Medical Viewer

Healthcare mixed reality · HoloLens 2

Project
2021(7)

VeeRuby XR program work

XR education and product development

Work

SiliconIndia 10 Best AR/VR Companies Recognition

VeeRuby Technologies listed in SiliconIndia's 2021 AR/VR company ranking.

SiliconIndia ranking Award

Elevate Unnati Grant, 2021

Elevate Unnati grant support from Startup Karnataka for LabXR / VeeRuby product work.

SiliconIndia profile Award

Beyond Bengaluru Recognition

Regional ecosystem recognition connected to VeeRuby's XR education work.

Award

HoloLens 2 enterprise XR training program

Enterprise XR training program

Education

Microsoft Mixed Reality Documentation — AI + Speech

Azure Speech · Azure Computer Vision integration

Docs

Human Anatomy — Mixed Reality

Healthcare · HoloLens 2

Project
2020(4)

Byldr — No-Code VR Platform Development

Early-stage no-code XR platform

Work

Sensors (MDPI) — Journal Article

In Situ Wireless Channel Visualization Using AR & Ray Tracing · Vol. 20(3), 690

DOI: 10.3390/s20030690 Publication

Microsoft Mixed Reality Documentation — Spatial Systems

Azure Spatial Anchors · Persistent AR experiences

Docs

LabXR — Virtual Laboratory for K-12

HoloLens 2 · Oculus Quest · Education flagship

Project
2019(6)

Founded VeeRuby

Research vehicle for applied spatial computing

Work

Mars Rover VR Experience

Immersive spatial concept experience

Project

HoloLens 2 XR Projects

Extended reality concept and implementation work

Project

Industrial XR — Rigform & Halliburton

Enterprise XR deployment · Oil & gas industry

Project

Microsoft Mixed Reality Documentation — Beginner Series

HoloLens fundamentals · XR onboarding tutorials

Docs

Limitless VR — XR Developer & Project Manager

Full-stack XR development and project leadership

Work
2018(3)

Best Paper Award — ICDT Athens

AR Facet Mapping Technique for Ray Tracing Applications

Conference Program Award

Graduated MS — Texas State University

Electrical Engineering · X-Reality Lab · Thesis Fellowship

Education

IEEE INFOCOM & ICDT Publications

Two peer-reviewed papers on spatial computing

IEEE Xplore Publication
2017(2)

AR + IoT Research — X-Reality Lab

Developed AR-based wireless channel visualization techniques · Texas State University

Research

IEEE INFOCOM & ICDT Papers — Submitted

Peer-reviewed research on X-Reality and spatial computing under preparation

Publication
2016(1)

Started MS — Texas State University

Electrical Engineering · Thesis Fellowship · Joined X-Reality Lab under Dr. Koutitas

Education
2015(1)

Graduated BE — VVCE, Mysuru

Electronics & Communication Engineering · Visvesvaraya Technological University

Education

Curriculum Vitae

Professional CV — Harmony framework, experience, publications, and technical skills.

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