S. Eric Chen
Education
Cornell University
MS, Computer Graphics -
The Ohio State University
MA, Industrial Design -
National Cheng Kung University
BS, Industrial Design -Work Experience
Mental Canvas
Current
Mental Canvas
Meta
2021-10-01 - 2023-01-01
Meta
Bellus3D
2015-03-01 - 2021-10-01
Bellus3D
Avaya
2011-04-01 - 2013-04-01
Avaya
Persony
2004-01-01 - 2011-03-01
Persony
Webex
2003-07-01 - 2003-10-01
Webex
Presenter, Inc.
1998-03-01 - 2003-06-01
Presenter, Inc.
Live Picture
1997-01-01 - 1998-09-01
Live Picture
RealSpace
1996-01-01 - 1997-01-01
RealSpace
Apple
1988-09-01 - 1995-10-01
Apple
Skills
Summary
Eric is a trailblazer in the fields of virtual reality, photorealistic rendering, and image-based synthesis. As the chief engineer of Apple QuickTime VR in the early 90s, Eric pioneered core technology for 360 VR and developed the first panoramic image stitcher and virtual tour viewer on a Macintosh. With a background in industrial design, he transitioned into computer graphics, making noteworthy publications early in his career. Two of his papers were selected as seminal graphics contributions by ACM SIGGRAPH. AMiner named him one of the 100 most influential scholars in computer graphics in 2016. Eric holds over 20 US patents as an inventor and has embarked on a journey as a serial tech entrepreneur post his Apple stint. He founded several tech startups and led four successful exits to companies like Live Picture, WebEx, Avaya, and Meta.
